Category Archives: Jobs

Social Security Trustee Report

Posted on March 23, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Social Security Trustee Report From tne NY Times this afternoon, the Social Security Trustees have released their report on the financial status of Social Security and Medicare. Here's what the report stated: The trust fund for Social Security will go … Continue reading →

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John Drury: Killing The Small Towns Won’t Save Iowa Redux

Posted on March 22, 2005 by bfiajohndrury

Killing The Small Towns Won't Save Iowa Redux by John Drury Last week I wrote on the regional government plan that the state legislature has been working on. And as I got to thinking more about it, I realized some … Continue reading →

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Iowa Jobs Fall; Jobless Rate Hits 5.1 Percent

Posted on March 18, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Jobs Fall; Jobless Rate Hits 5.1 Percent Iowa Policy Project MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (March 17, 2005) – Iowa’s shaky economic recovery took an employment dive in January, falling by 3,600 nonfarm jobs as the unemployment rate rose to a … Continue reading →

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Odds ‘n’ Ends

Posted on March 16, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Odds 'n' Ends There's so much stuff I wanted to write about that I couldn't really sort things out. So, here we go with “Odds 'n' Ends”. [Insert a FoxNews-style “Whoosh” Here.] Yesterday in D.C., a “Sense of the Senate” … Continue reading →

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Bush Sells Snake Oil to Cure Social Security

Posted on March 16, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Bush Sells Snake Oil to Cure Social Security MinutemanMedia.com by Donald Kaul [George W.] Bush’s efforts to sell his peculiar “privatization” remedy for the Social Security ‘crisis’ haven’t been going well. Recent polls show that Mr. Bush gets his … Continue reading →

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John Drury: Killing The Small Towns Won’t Save Iowa

Posted on March 15, 2005 by bfiajohndrury

Killing The Small Towns Won't Save Iowa by John Drury Back in February, I wrote about the local government tax reform committee working with the Governor to create significant changes to the way our local governments do business in Iowa. … Continue reading →

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Destroying Organic Agriculture in Iowa

Posted on March 12, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Destroying Organic Agriculture in Iowa by Jeffrey M. Smith, author of Seeds of Deception Iowa Bills Fight GM Free Zones and Farmer Choice $$$ -Organic agriculture is the only sector bounding ahead at a double digit growth rate. Iowa has … Continue reading →

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The Wal-Mart Tax-and-Squeeze

Posted on March 12, 2005 by Trish Nelson

The Wal-Mart Tax-and-Squeeze Democratic Underground By Joel S. Hirschhorn No other company has faced so much passionate grassroots opposition to its expansion across America… for its destruction of open space, exploitation of workers here and abroad, destruction of domestic manufacturing … Continue reading →

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At Least They’re Honest…

Posted on March 10, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

At Least They're Honest… Continuing on with the “stuff that makes you shake your head” series comes this little bit from Texas via Kevin Drum: THE YELLOW WOES OF TEXAS….If you want to understand the kind of vision the modern … Continue reading →

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Trustee… or Political Hack?

Posted on March 9, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Trustee… or Political Hack? I was in the middle of writing a post for today, but this little tidbit is so disgusting that I will repeat it verbatim from Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo. What's wrong with this picture? Social … Continue reading →

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