Category Archives: Economy

The Courtney Report

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Editor’s note: Senator Courtney has been out of action with some medical problems. We are quite happy he is back to work. I talked with university students on April 2 about the importance of affordable, high-quality public universities to Iowa. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Iowa Legislature, Jobs, middle-class | Tagged food donations, land donation, skilled worker shortage | Comments Off

Maybe Sir Mick Jagger Could Advise The Economy

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Dave Bradley

After all Sir Mick studied at the London School of Economics. Had that other gig not worked out as it did, perhaps he would have capped his economics career advising David Cameron. Could have done it with a rock ‘n’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog for Iowa, Climate Change, Economy | Tagged follow the money, Legislative forums, Scalia | Comments Off

David Cay Johnston Makes Me Mad

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Dave Bradley

I am listening to an interview on the internet radio (WCPT in Chicago) between Ed Schultz and David Cay Johnston. Johnston makes me mad. He makes me mad because he is the one person who has been chronicling just how … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Jobs | Tagged David Cay Johnston, Johnston | 2 Comments

Young People Leaving Iowa

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Dave Bradley

In a report issued Monday on Iowa employment one of the down notes sounded concerned Iowa’s young (25 – 44) workers leaving the state. This is hardly a new phenomenon. Young people have been leaving Iowa for decades. Yet for … Continue reading →

Posted in Children, Economy, Jobs | Tagged Iowa's young | Comments Off

It’s The Republican Debt And We Get Punished

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Sometimes other people seem to put in great words the very thoughts that I have myself been trying to put together into some form of coherency. Over at politicsusa, rmuse makes some good sense of how we got into the … Continue reading →

Posted in debt limit, Economy, Republicn Policy | Tagged bailout, debt, deficit | Comments Off

Minimum Wage: Off the Pace Again

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Once again the policy analysts at the Iowa Policy Project dig way below the surface to give us the facts. As we all know, it is better to go into a discussion armed with facts and not talking points. … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Guest Posts, Iowa Policy Project, Jobs, minimum wage | Tagged Heather Gibney | Comments Off

The “Connecticut Effect”

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Dave Bradley

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 | Comments Off

Comment On The Economy

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Dave Bradley

More speculating over a holiday week. Once again we are in the middle of a Republican created financial crisis. Once again they have created this crisis so that they can justify lower taxes on the richest of Americans. And while they … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Jobs | Tagged infrastructure | Comments Off

For the People

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Today we have a guest post by Dave Hunt of Tipton. Dave is a retired educator and former Iowa Teacher of the Year. Republicans won’t admit it but the 2009 Obama stimulus plan created and saved 3 million jobs and … Continue reading →

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