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Category Archives: Republican Policy
Social Security And Medicare On The Block If Trump Wins In 2020
With the behemoth news story of the impeachment sucking up almost all the TV and radio air, there is very little other news getting out or getting a proper amount of air time. Hopefully, the story out of Davos, Switzerland … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, medicaid expansion, Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security, Trump
Tagged medicaid, medicaid block grant, social security and wall street
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Remember In November: The Election Is A Referendum On Trump
As we head into the caucuses, try to remember that the little issues and squabbles that the media are trying to stir into a big fight are really nothing. Among the candidates still standing I have no problem with any … Continue reading
Posted in #nevertrump, #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
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Iowa Policy Project On The State Of The State
It is hard to squeeze out time to listen to things like the State of the State address given by the governor last Tuesday. However, when a person can’t listen it is nice to know that someone with deep knowledge … Continue reading
Letters Democrats Write
Don Paulson of Muscatine regularly shares his thoughts with the world and then shares them with us. His letters are usually so good I ask his permission to post them on occasion on these pages. Here is his most recent: … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Affordable Care Act, Blog for Iowa, Health Care & Medicare, Joni Ernst, Republican Policy
Tagged ending Obamacare, obamacare
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Mother Jones: Republicans Are Acting Like Babies …….
Because They Know That Babies Get What They Want A very straight forward and succinct opinion from Senior Reporter Tim Murphy at Mother Jones magazine that bares the reasons why Republicans act like they do: When a group of Republican … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republican Policy
Tagged Brooks Brothers Riot, laboratories of democracy, state legislatures
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Unadvertised Features
Back in my working days I was among the front line of system changes for my area. Despite planning and investigation and using our imaginations when a system was rolled out there were always what we referred to as “unadvertised … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Republican hypocrisy, Republican Policy
Tagged Chris Godfrey, discrimination lawsuit, wasting taxpayer money
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Medicaid MCOs Get Another Huge Raise
Coming on the tail of an 8.4% raise to the MCOs last year, the administration of Governor Kim Reynolds awarded the MCOs a raise of 8.6% this year. In real dollars those numbers that is a raise of $344 million … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Affordable Care Act, Republican Policy
Tagged Iowa Senate Democrats, medicaid in Iowa, medicaid privatization
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Great Ideas For All VS. A Party Of A Few
Among the many truisms about America that we learn growing up is the concept that elections are usually fought on the plain of ideas. That is that the candidate or party with the better ideas for making citizen’s lives better … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Republican Policy
Tagged Democratic ideas
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Iowa Drops In “Best State” Poll
Well, that didn’t last long – from 2018: (1.5 minutes) Healthcare Education Economy Opportunity Infrastructure Crime & Correction Fiscal Stability Quality of Life Iowa 2019. (#14) 20 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Kim Reynolds, Republican Policy
Tagged best state rankings, Iowa
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