Category Archives: Economy

School Funding, Payroll Debit Cards, Texting: The Courtney Report

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt of the weekly newsletter from Senator Courtney. For the full newsletter, please go to his website CALL THE GOVERNOR: IOWA STUDENTS ARE WORTH MORE If the future of Iowa children, job creation and economic … Continue reading →

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Simply Stated: A Party Is Its Budget

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Surely this is not the first time you have heard this: budgets are moral documents. They also are the means by which political parties translate all their rhetoric and advertisements into actual policy. When you hear Republicans claim that they … Continue reading →

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Iowa’s Problem Of Priorities

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Once again the folks at Iowa Fiscal Partnership provide solid analysis on why Iowa is having trouble funding even its most basic services at a time when politicians of all stripes claim the economic outlook in this state is good. … Continue reading →

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Wages, Jobs, Child Care, Wage Theft: The Courtney Report

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Note: This is edited from the weekly email report from Senator Courtney. To see the full report please go to Senator Courtney’s website. Note2: This post missed the schedule last week. To make sure that important info in here is … Continue reading →

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BP Gets Off – A Nation Of Laws?

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Ed Schultz did yeoman’s work over the past couple of weeks following up on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. As noted in the video above the perpetrator of the spill, BP, did all it could to avoid restitution for … Continue reading →

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Republicans Fake Concern About Income Inequality

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Dave Bradley

The Iowa senate passed a raise in minimum wage Monday on pretty much of a party line vote. One Republican joined twenty six Democrats to pass the bill. This would be good news if Democrats controlled the other legislative House … Continue reading →

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School Funding, Kids Future, Aging Population: The Courtney Report

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Once again we will excerpt from State Senator Courtney’s weekly newsletter: SENATE VOTES TO REVERSE IOWA’S SLIDE IN SCHOOL INVESTMENT Iowa’s future depends on high-quality local schools. Our best hope for expanding Iowa’s middle class is investing the necessary resources … Continue reading →

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Wage Theft And Money For Schools: The Courtney Report

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Once again we will take excerpts from Senator Courtney’s newsletter. WHAT DO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS NEED? Iowa’s future depends on high-quality local schools. That’s why I’m working hard to ensure that every Iowa child gets the best education possible and … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich On Republican Priorities

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Truer words were never spoken – Robert Reich on facebook 01/10/2015 (yesterday): Look at the priorities of the new Republican congressional – the Keystone XL Pipeline, the Trans-Pacific Trade agreement, tax cuts for big corporations and the wealthy, rollbacks of … Continue reading →

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And The Year Starts Out Really Sucky

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Dave Bradley

I do not know any better way to describe it. We are barely one week into 2015 and it is starting out to look to be even more sucky than the recent sucky year of 2014. Mostly due to the … Continue reading →

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