Category Archives: Jobs

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Call Your Legislator About Medicaid Expansion!

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Dave Bradley

One thing we hope here at blogforiowa is that occasionally our writings will spur some action. This week I am outright begging everyone to please contact their state representative and senator to request that they support Medicaid Expansion in Iowa. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Romney Plan: Bad For Iowans

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave Bradley

An analysis of the Romney – Ryan Plan put out by the Center for American Progress shows that the Romney-Ryan Plan could hit most Iowans in the pocketbook extremely hard. Considering that most are far from recovered from the most recent … Continue reading →

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Democrats Make Better Job Creators

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Paul Deaton

The contrast between Democratic and Republican approaches to the government’s role in job creation could not be clearer than with the Branstad administration’s recently announced deal with the Egyptian corporation Orascom. The company plans to build a fertilizer plant in … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich On Romney

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Dave Bradley

I am a fan of Robert Reich. In this article Reich is interviewed by Joan Brunwasser of Citizen’s for Election Reform (CER). Ms. Brunwasser asks the question of Reich that many of us ask over and over to almost anyone … Continue reading →

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