Category Archives: Economy

Branstad’s Legacy

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Looks like Governor-For-Life Terry Branstad will soon be leaving us on that slow boat to China. Who cares how he gets there as long as he leaves. As he begins to leave we can look back briefly on what shape … Continue reading →

Posted in ALEC, Branstad, Economy, Education, Iowa legislature 2017, Iowa Policy Project, Koch Brothers, Republicn Policy, union busting, voter suppression | Tagged Americans For Prosperity, Drew Klein, medicaid privatization, Orascom, revenue shortfalls | Comments Off

Repairing What Republicans Break May Be Impossible

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Dave Bradley

“Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got Til it’s gone They pave paradise and put up a parking lot” Joni Mitchell “Big Yellow Taxi” Who knows what people who voted Republican in the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Education, Iowa legislature 2017, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy | Tagged destroying the government, new deal, Republican agenda | Comments Off

SCREWED

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Dave Bradley

I write this just after learning that the Iowa legislature has set the state back about a century as they strip public unions of almost all rights they have in the workplace. Republicans have their usual BS reasons why it … Continue reading →

Posted in ALEC, Economy, Iowa legislature 2017, Iowa Policy Project, Koch Brothers, money out of politics, Republican hypocrisy, Republicn Policy, union busting | Comments Off

Robb Hogg: Stand Up For Iowa Workers!

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Dave Bradley

Today, I am writing to ask you to help speak up over the next five days for our public workers – teachers, firefighters, police, correctional officers, human service social workers, sanitation workers, snow plow operators, and many others – who … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Iowa legislature 2017, Rob Hogg, union busting | Tagged stand up for public workers | Comments Off

Top 10 Iowa Legislative Threats from the Extreme Right

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dave Bradley

January 9th, 2017 Posted By: Progress Iowa Iowa’s legislative session convened today, and Republicans have control of the state Senate, House, and the Governor’s office for the first time in 20 years. Governor Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds, Speaker … Continue reading →

Posted in Branstad, Economy, Iowa legislature 2017, Jobs, planned parenthood, voter suppression | Tagged college tuition, privatizing schools, threats to Iowans way of life, wages, water quality, workers rights | Comments Off

Thanksgiving Memories

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Dave Bradley

It is hard to ignore the elephant in the room. In two months America will be on a new adventure reversing what was mostly a forward journey into the future. While the ship of state would sometimes shudder and lurch … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Economy, Jobs, Medicare, Republicn Policy | Tagged corporate media, economic depression, hope, kennedy, Kennedy assassination, presidency | Comments Off

Democrats Continue To Run On Issues

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Dave Bradley

As Republicans across the country and across Iowa run on fear and hate, Democrats continue to run on actual issues. This is often overlooked by the corporate media. Donald Trump himself has so confused things that he has decided to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Affordable Care Act, Climate Action, Climate Change, Economy, Hillary Clinton, Jobs, Medicare, middle-class, Patty Judge, President Obama, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy | Tagged Iowa medicaid privatization, kitchen table issues, wages | Comments Off

Aghast As Iowa Republicans Double Down On Trump

Posted on October 15, 2016 by Dave Bradley

Most people have a mother, sister, daughter, aunt or grandmother. Most of those same people would not want those relatives to be molested by any man no matter what that man’s stature was. Whether the victim is a relative or … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election Campaign, Charles Grassley, Economy, Media Bias, Misogyny, Steve King, Trump | Tagged sexual abuse | 1 Comment

Will Labor Rise Again?

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Dave Bradley

As America takes its annual weekend to celebrate Labor a person who pays attention to the issues of the day can’t help but wonder what the Labor movement must do to resurrect its fortunes in the United States. Those who … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Labor | Tagged PATCO betrayal, Reagan | Comments Off

Women's Global Leadership Program – Part 2

Posted on June 10, 2016 by bfiatracykurowski

Women’s Global Leadership Program – Part 2 – Click here to read Part 1 In March, I had the privilege to participate in the first-ever AFLCIO Women’s Global Leadership Program alongside nearly fifty other women from a broad spectrum of … Continue reading →

Posted in economic inequality, Economy, Labor, womens rights | Tagged economic status of women, women's economic issues, women's global leadership program | Comments Off