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Category Archives: Social Security
Administration Quietly Attacks Social Security
As readers of this column know I have been doing what I can to try to let people know that the Trumpublican Party is doing all they can to severely cut SS benefits and if possible hand the money … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Social Security
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“Medicare For None”
Screen shot from dailykos.com: From thehill.com “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday (4/10/2019) that “Medicare for All” will not move in the Senate as long as Republicans control the chamber. “Not as long as I’m majority … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Affordable Care Act, Blog for Iowa, Health Care & Medicare, Joni Ernst, Medicare, Republican Policy, Social Security
Tagged medicaid
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What Iowa Will Stand Up For On Election Day?
One of the most telling remarks following the 2016 election was what the election said about US citizens. The myth of America is that we are a tolerant people who care about the lesser among us. This would line up … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Iowa state budget, medicaid privatization
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Robbing From The Poor, Giving To The Rich
In case you missed the news Tuesday, Senate leader Mitch McConnell admitted to one of his party’s least kept secrets: they plan to pay for those huge tax cuts for the rich that were passed last December by taking money … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Mitch McConnell
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David Young The Epitome Of Today’s Republican Party
Retired teacher schools David Young on taxes (6 minutes) The sound is a little hard to hear so you may want to turn it up. Iowa’s 3rd district has a tight contest going on and I am kind of at … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Cindy Axne, David Young, IA-03, tax cuts for the rich
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Older Voters Leaving The Republican Party
“Believe them when they say they are coming after Medicare and Social Security.” Several articles around the internet in the past weeks indicate that older Americans are finally starting to understand that the Republican Party is in no way acting … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Social Security, Social Security Disability Insurance
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The Children Are The Future
video 1.5 minutes NPR’s Weekend Edition last Saturday included a story on the seperation of a Guatemalan mother and her 3 year old son. Through an interpreter the NPR host, Scott Simon, conducted the interview. Near the end of the interview … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Children, Climate Action, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environment, Health Care & Medicare, Medicare, Obamacare, Social Security
Tagged Betsy DeVos, DACA, Jeff Kaufmann
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Cindy Axne: Coming On Strong
There were some surprising fund raising numbers for Iowa’s congressional candidate released early in the week. Perhaps one of the biggest surprises was Cindy Axne in Iowa’s 3rd district outraising incumbent David Young by over $100,000. Perhaps even as surprising … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Election Campaign, Blog for Iowa, Economy, Education, Farming, Health Care & Medicare, Social Security
Tagged Cindy Axne
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US Reps Who Voted To Raid The Social Security Fund
From socialsecurityworks.org: https://www.socialsecurityworks.org/2018/04/12/politicians-steal-social-security/ (Washington, DC) — The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, in reaction to nearly every Republican member of the House of Representatives, as well as seven Democrats, voting for a Constitutional amendment … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Republican Policy, Social Security, Steve King
Tagged David Young, Rod Blum
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