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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
ALEC Holds Meeting In Chicago
I believe ALEC should be the single biggest issue in the next election at the state level. ALEC has made the Republican legislators their lackeys at the state level. Republican legislators have pretty much surrendered their capabilities to act as a … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Bruce Braley
Tagged Caleb Howe, fast food workers, Hannity, Limbaugh, Moral Mondays, Netherlands, prisons, recycling, Sweden
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Sunday Funday – Hey Kids Vacation’s Almost Over Edition
Seems like just yesterday it was June and you had ten weeks of bliss ahead of you. Big plans all over the place. Places to go things to do. Now summer is almost over and as you look back, summer was … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
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Loebsack Honors Medicare
As many of you may know, my family struggled to get by when I was growing up, and my grandmother often relied on Social Security survivors benefits to put food on the table. I know personally how important initiatives like … Continue reading
Posted in David Loebsack, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare
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Despite Republicans, Medicare Still Alive
Slightly over 48 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson took a trip to Independence, Missouri to sign the newly passed Medicare bill. Independence was the home of former President Harry S. Truman who had worked tirelessly during his administration to pass … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Great Society, Head Start, President Johnson, SNAP
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The Courtney Report
Throughout this year’s overhaul of Iowa’s property tax system, Senate Democrats were committed to ensuring our small businesses got a boost. That’s why the reforms we approved include a Main Street business property tax credit that reduces commercial property taxes … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report
Tagged DNR, hunter education, outdoors woman, preserving history, property tax system, tax breaks, video contest
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Protest ALEC In Chicago
On August 7-9th, the American Legislative Exchange Council will be holding its annual policy meeting at the Palmer House Hilton in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Over the course of three days, following standard ALEC protocol, state lawmakers from across the country … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC
Tagged ALEC protest, People For The American Way, PFAW
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ALEC Legislatures: Creating The Crises
Republicans have lots of solutions. What they were short on for the longest time – until the Reagan presidency – was problems that those solutions could answer. One of their favorite solutions was privatized schools. But until Republicans were able to … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Education, Walmart
Tagged Bees, colony collapse disotder, Detroit, drug companies, Scotus
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Sunday Funday: A Canadian High Drifts In
Just as we were about to announce our new address on the outskirts of Hell, we seemed to have been moved again. Now we are in a place that seems to be having an early fall. A cool Canadian high pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Harkin Email on ACA Implementation
Many of you probably got this email from Senator Harkin’s office. If not, I am sure there will be some information of interest in here. Remember, the ACA exchanges are to be set up and ready to go by October 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Harkin, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Obamacare
Tagged ACA, implementation
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Medicare For All? Investment Analyst Says …..
Imagine my surprise during the week as I am reading my usual suspect blogs and I come across a story that the Motley Fool group has written in favor of Medicare for all. Motley Fool is a investment analysis group. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Medicare, Obamacare
Tagged investment, Motley Fool, Wall Street
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