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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Sunday Funday – Mississippi Joins The Union Edition
Slavery has finally been outlawed in Mississippi. Let the party begin. Only 148 years after most of the rest of the country. The Constitution is hard to amend. We don’t want our basic rules to be changed willy-nilly and we … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged constitutional amendments
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Branstad Should Be Ashamed
Two Paycheck Terry Branstad should be ashamed for fundraising off denying health care progressiowa.org February 21st, 2013 Contact: Matt Sinovic (515) 423-0530 ‘Two Paycheck’ Terry Branstad Should be Ashamed for Fundraising off His Denial of Health Coverage to Iowans Des … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Health Care & Medicare, medicaid expansion
Tagged veterans
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The Courtney Report
Our state faces a critical question this spring: What’s the best way to expand affordable health care to more Iowans? Our choice is between expanding Medicaid or continuing IowaCare. Expanding Medicaid is the right choice, and it is probably our … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney, Courtney Report, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged drought, prisons, schools, tax cuts
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Medicaid Expansion Good For Iowa
The slide to the left was part of a presentation by Greg Moody, head of Ohio Gov. John Kasich Office of Health Transformation given to the Ohio legislature. Ohio has decided to upgrade to Medicaid Expansion. Lately I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Health Care & Medicare
Tagged Medicaid expansion
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The “Connecticut Effect”
This is a term that was uttered by an NRA lobbyist the other day. He stated that the NRA would have to wait until the “Connecticut effect” had passed. Then we would be back to business as usual. What an arrogant … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, Economy, gun control, Jobs
Tagged Canada, minimum wage
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Sunday Funday – President’s Day Edition
One of my favorite trivia subjects are the Presidents. As a group we know a lot about them and their little quirks. And often the larger than life people that have become president have some larger than life foibles and facts … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
Tagged presidents
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The Courtney Report
EXPANDING IOWA’S MIDDLE CLASS WITH A “MAIN STREET TAX CUT” The best way to grow Iowa’s middle class is to help Main Street businesses and other employers grow. I’m working on a commercial property tax cut aimed at doing just that. … Continue reading
Posted in Courtney Report, Iowa Legislature
Tagged campgrounds host, Main Street tax cut, railroads
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Ways To Control Guns
In a recent incident, a 3 year old boy Timorej Smith in Greenville, S.C. shot himself with a pink hand gun that he thought was a toy We seem to be so hung up on a phrase in the second … Continue reading
Posted in firearms, gun control
Tagged gun insurance, victims fund
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Let’s Just Put The Whole Budget Under The Pentagon
If there is one thing that is for sure in this country, it is that it is difficult to put each and everything into an exact pigeon hole. There is often a bits and pieces of something that maybe doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, David Loebsack, Steve King
Tagged Karl Rove, post office, WI-FI network
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Sunday Funday Winter In Iowa
I think I have one of these quizzes every year about this time. The reason is that the first two weeks of February used to be the most brutal of times for us older Iowans. Brutal as in -30 degrees F … Continue reading