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Women’s March Iowa Chapter
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by Ralph Scharnau
The successful war for independence was a political, rather than a social, upheaval that secured American freedom from British colonialism. Fearing a unitary monarchy, the new American government created a representative system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches and checks and balances to prevent the rise of tyranny. After a period of experimentation, delegates gathered at Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted a frame of government at a Constitutional Convention.
All the Convention delegates were white, male, and wealthy. They believed that government controlled by men like themselves would avoid the excesses of democracy and ensure rule by men like themselves. They wrote a Constitution that excluded women, non-property holding men, and blacks from political participation.
After its adoption in 1789, however, the Constitution was changed by a series of Amendments, court decisions, and state actions to make it fairer and more democratic. Voting in most states no longer required property ownership by the Civil War, African blacks (most of whom were slaves before the Civil War) finally secured freedom and citizenship in the Thirteenth (1865) and Fourteenth (1868) Amendments, and women secured the right to vote in 1920 with the Nineteenth Amendment (1920).
In addition, the First Ten Amendments to the Constitution (ratified in 1791) expanded civil liberties. The requirement that Senators be selected by the state legislatures was changed by the Seventh Amendment (1913) to direct election by the people matching the popular election of Representatives provided for in the original Constitution.
Despite these advances, the United States continues to use an undemocratic method to select our highest ranking elected official. Rather than by a direct vote of the people, the Constitution provides that the presidential selection rests with an elitist Electoral College chosen by the states. The number of electors from each state equals the number of representatives and senators it sent to Congress.
Overwhelming majorities of Americans want to elect the president by direct popular vote. The nation’s highest office ought to go to the person who gets the most votes just like any office holder. Yet the presidency is still decided by 538 state electors.
In the 2016 election, the candidate who lost the popular vote won the presidency. Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump by more than 3 million votes. This makes her the most popular presidential candidate to ever lose.
Rather than mounting a national campaign, the Electoral College forces presidential candidates to focus on swing states. This led to a mismatch between the electoral and popular votes in 2016 because Trump won several large states (such as Florida, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) by narrow margins, gaining all of their electoral votes in the process, even as Clinton claimed other large states (such as California, Illinois, and New York) by much wider margins.
Utilizing popular votes alone, as happens with every other election in America at every level of government, appears impossible as only a constitutional amendment, which requires a two-thirds vote of both houses of Congress, and three-fourths of the state legislatures, could end our elitist system. Because almost all states use a winner-take-all system, the election ends up being decided in just a dozen or so swing states, leaving tens of millions of voters on the sidelines.
At the present time, the Electoral College fails to represent the nation’s demographic and geographic diversity. By contrast, a direct popular vote would restore political equity and majority rule, treating all Americans equally, no matter where they live, their gender or their racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Ralph Scharnau
March 2, 2017
protestors at Rep. David Young’s office – Jan. 19, 2017 courtesy democraticunderground.com
Just in case you folks out in Iowa’s third district missed Rep. Young’s little bit of fancy political stepping:
Republican Rep. David Young ignited loud cheers from hundreds at an Iowa meeting last week when he said, “Donald Trump should release his taxes,” calling the move a “no brainer.”
Given the first chance to force the GOP president’s hand, Young passed.
The two-term, Des Moines-area lawmaker returned to Washington and sided with the Republican majority late Monday to block a Democratic attempt to force Trump to release his tax returns to Congress
Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., had proposed the resolution directing the House to ask for 10 years of Trump’s tax returns and allow the House Ways and Means Committee to review them in private. Trump broke with most modern-day presidential candidates by refusing to release his tax returns, arguing that he was being audited. However, the IRS has said an audit would not prevent an individual from releasing the returns.
The Republican-controlled House backed Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s motion to postpone the resolution indefinitely on a near party-line vote of 229-185.
Look at what I say, not what I do.
With the information coming forward about Russia’s involvement in the Trump campaign and the fact that Trump may be personally compromised by an enemy state, to stand in the way of an investigation sure seems to be an out and out obstruction of justice. Seems like something you would see the mafia do in an old movie.
Let David Young know what you think:
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The early rites are already on display in places like St. Louis and Indianapolis for college women and in many states for high school girls. Few rites convey the true spirit of the passage from the indoors of winter to the outdoors of spring as the plethora of season ending basketball festivals held around the country this time of year.
Teams have worked hard to make it to the ultimate game. Being in the final game of any season is a high honor indeed. Trappings of glory surround competitors as they do battle in the ultimate arena. Festivities continue until the the college champions are crowned on April 2nd for the women and April 3rd for the men.
Adherents have prepared their TVs so they can join view the battles. Sacrifices of beef, ham, potato chips, taco chips, salsa and beer are expected to be part of the ritual viewing. Many will also try to prove their god-like powers by picking who will win each game. This yearly rite is exceeded only by Christmas in participation.
Were you paying attention? Man it is busy
1) What Iowa politician became a national chuckle when his stated education was shown not to be a school but a company that owned some Sizzler steakhouse franchises?
2) Which cabinet member was exposed as having lied to the Senate committee concerning meeting with Russians during the presidential campaign?
3) Which other cabinet member was confirmed just before information came to light that he may have laundered money for a Russian oligarch and channeled it to Trump?
4) Did the bill proposed to check a university professor’s political leanings in Iowa survive the cutoff?
5) What senior White House advisor was also revealed to have met with a Russian ambassador after the election, but before the inauguration?
6) Vandalism to Jewish cemeteries was reported in what three American cities in the past two weeks?
7) March 5, 1770 British troops opened fire on a group of rowdy Americans killing 5 and injuring 6 in what became known as what?
8) The 45th president announced he would not attend what annual charity event?
9) What high US government official used his personal email for sensitive state business as a state governor and had that account hacked?
10) The wave of hate for immigrants in the US led to the shooting death and injury of workers at the Garmin company in what Kansas city?
11) Who stated this week that “Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated.”?
12) SpaceX announced that it will fly two tourists where in 2018?
13) After a major fumble, the Oscar for best film was finally given to what movie?
14) The current president knows who or what is causing all the protests. Who or what did the current president blame?
15) March 6, 1836. What fort finally fell to the Mexican forces led by General Santa Ana?
16) Which former president stood up for the press saying they were critical to hold people who abuse power accountable?
17) The Iowa legislature stopped work on the bill that would end what 40 year old law that helps keep our highways clean and puts a nickel in some kids pockets?
18) The Kansas Supreme Court found that the state has unconstitutionally way underfunded what in Brownback’s market driven utopia?
19) The Profiles in Courage Award in the centennial of JFK’s birth year (May 29, 1917) will go to whom?
20) The world’s oldest fossils – thought to be as old as 4.28 billion years old – were found in what country?
If you have children, you may want to advise them to take Russian as a foreign language. Seems to be quite popular in upper government circles these days.
Answers:
1) Mark Chelgrin of Ottumwa
2) AG Jeff Sessions
3) Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
4) it died thus saving Iowa from many more rounds of derision
5) Trump son-in-law Jared Kurshner
6) St. Louis, Philadelphia and Rochester, NY
7) the Boston Massacre
8) the White House Correspondents dinner
9) Vice-President Mike Pence (did I hear a “lock him up”?)
10) Olathe
11) the current president.
12) around the moon. Think of the frequent flyer miles!
13) “Moonlight”
14) The previous president, Barack Obama.
15) Fort Alamo in San Antonio
16) George W. Bush. Yes, really
17) the bottle bill.
18) schools.
19) Barack Obama – if he can stop starting protests for a few minutes
20) Canada
happy tourney viewing.
Medicare or Medicaid – when Republicans change it we will lose
Look out Kids, Mom and Dad may break you
Filial responsibility. Ever hear of it? This is an old concept in law that goes back to the English poor laws in the 1600s. Stated simply, it means that children are liable for the bills their parents run up if the parents don’t pay.
As people live longer and longer (although the US is the only country where life expectancy is going down) the chances of ending up in a costly care situation at the end of life is becoming more and more likely. Nursing home care costs in the neighborhood of $80,000 per year or more. Not many of us have that money just laying around.
The cost of nursing home care in this country is most often covered by some private insurance in people have purchased it, and some combination of Medicare and Medicaid.
Republicans want to change Medicare to a voucher system where the elderly will get a yearly voucher to pay for private insurance. Good luck finding any for profit insurance company that will cover older folks with lots of pre-existing conditions for any price. That is why Medicare was created.
When Medicare was created in 1965, less than 50% of seniors had health care and more than 30% were in poverty. Medicare helped alleviate both of these situations. By throwing the elderly back to the whims of the for profit insurance companies for healthcare we will see a return to numbers like this in no time.
Another major component of Republican health care that will have a huge unadvertised effect will be changing Medicaid to a block grant system. The proposal that is getting a lot of play is that states (because states can get the money to where it is needed) will get a bloc grant based on some formula. Once the amount per state is set, it will be an absolute number that can’t be increased. In short, if Iowa got $10 billion in 2020, it would still be $10 billion in 2050 no matter what inflation did.
While most of us think of Medicaid as a program that provides health care for the impoverished, most of us don’t realized that a large chunk of medicaid dollars end up going to pay for seniors in nursing homes who have exhausted all other forms of payment. Thus medicaid is the main tool that allows those in their final years to live with some dignity and not die in poverty.
So what happens when Republicans repeal the ACA (aka Obamacare) and replace it with their antiquated ideas of a health care system in service to profit? With the Republican concept block grants to the states we will see a lesser amount coming to the states. In states like Iowa where Branstad unilaterally profitized the system for his cronies to make big bucks on we will most likely see a larger portion of medicaid dollars being siphoned off the top for the profit of the administrative companies. Thus those who depend on medicaid will see less and less get to their level to pay for their care.
Yet someone has to take care of the elderly and the cost of their care won’t diminish as medicaid dollars shrink. Someone will have to pay the bills. In Iowa and some 30 other states their are laws on filial responsibility. That means that the somebody who will be paying those bills will be the kids. Or at least they will be expected to pay the bills. Whether they can or not may result in some lawsuits. From Cornerstone Financial group:
“In the future, will assisted living facilities and nursing homes cleverly exploit such laws (and legal precedents) to file claims or lawsuits against the children of patients? Baby boomers, Gen Xers, and millennials may face that risk.”
What do you do if you can’t pay for the needed care? Trying to care for them yourselves is always a possibility, but few of us have the facilities, skill or time to do such a demanding job. Caring for a dependent individual is an extremely demanding and exhausting job. We are talking about taking care of parents in their 80s and 90s and possibly invalid. This means the children themselves will be possibly in their 60s maybe 70s with their own health problems.
No doubt many who voted for Republicans thought that anything like what’s described above would happen. After all, it is not happening now, right? Well, that was due to planning and acting with the good of all in mind. While the system we have now is far from perfect, at least folks are no longer going bankrupt from medical bills.
Republicans aim to change that and quickly. Cut Medicare, cut medicaid, push laws that make the kids responsible for their parents bills and surprise! Once more Republicans have created a way to shift money from the poor and middle class to the wealthy thanks to laws that screw the average American. And Americans voted for it!
Incorporating elder care into a fully functional single payer not for profit health care system would be much cheaper and would eliminate the fear of poverty caused by health care bills. It is what every other advanced country in this world does, except us.
Jacki Schechner, former newscaster on Al Gore’s cable station and one of the designers of the Affordable Care Act does a great analysis of Republican proposals. It is a short article, well worth the read. She concludes the article with this common sense suggestion:
No, what we have now isn’t perfect. I’ve never defended it as such. But the ACA is an improvement on what was happening before, and I believe if we keep going, we can do even better. If we put partisan politics aside and let really smart people who understand how our health care system works get together to design a way to improve it away from the influence of corporate lobbyists and special interests, we might be able to achieve something great.
Until that happens, the best we can do is help people understand what politicians are talking about when they threaten to “repeal and replace” the ACA. It’s a lot more complicated than the catchphrase suggests. Take a moment to listen to what the people who have been fighting for reform for years – in some cases, decades – have to say. I promise they know your pain. They’re on your side. They want to make it better too. And they know that you can’t pick and choose the good stuff, get rid of the less popular parts of the law, and somehow it all magically just works out.
How about this idea? Let’s repeal and replace the stale rhetoric surrounding the ACA and start talking about what it would take both to expand access and drive down cost. You know, what we set out to do with national health care reform in the first place.
Rob Hogg
New List of “Dirty Dozen” below:
From Senator Robb Hogg:
“The Dirty Dozen” – Thanks For Helping Stop Seven Of Them In Committee
Here is the list of the “dirty dozen” and how they fared in committee this week. Thanks to your help! We stopped seven of them, but even on those bills, keep speaking up because they can show up as amendments, as a part of budget bills, or next year.
1. Prohibit Local “Pre-Qualification” for Bidding (SSB1145) – Still Eligible
2. End Licensing For Occupations (HSB138) – STOPPED
3. Government Barriers to Voting (HSB93/SSB1163) – Still Eligible (Now HF516)
4. So-Called “Personhood” Bill (SF253) – STOPPED
5. Partisan Take-Over Of Judicial Nominations (SF327) – STOPPED
6. Reinstate Death Penalty (SF335/SF336) – STOPPED
7. Eliminate Permits to Acquire Firearms (HSB133) – Still Eligible (Now HF517)
8. Allowing Firearms on Campus (SF256) – STOPPED
9. Required Video Cameras in Classrooms (SF294) – STOPPED
10. Political Test for University Faculty (SF288) – STOPPED
11. Take Away Local Control Of Water Supply (SSB1146) – Still Eligible (Now HF484)
12. Restrict Right To Bring Nuisance Lawsuit (SSB1144) – Still Eligible (Now HF468)
You also helped us stop a late-filed bill to require school education on evolution and global warming to include “opposing points of view” (HF480). Thank you.
A New Updated “Dirty Dozen” – The Surviving 5 Plus 7 Other Bad Bills
In addition to the five original “dirty dozen” that are still eligible, there are additional bad bills that were filed late or already eligible that we need your help stopping on the floor of the Iowa House or the Iowa Senate. So here is a new updated “dirty dozen” list:
1. Gut Workers Compensation System (HSB169/SSB1170)
2. Prohibit Local “Pre-Qualification” for Bidding (SSB1145)
3. Circumvent “Buy American” Requirements on Road Projects (SF184)
4. Lower Local Minimum Wages, Block Local Civil Rights Ordinances (HF295)
5. Government Barriers to Voting (HF516/SSB1163)
6. Make Planned Parenthood Ineligible for Medicaid Reimbursement (SF2)
7. Create Religious Exemption to Boarding School Regulations (SSB1114)
8. Eliminate Permits to Acquire Firearms, Other Firearm Changes (HF517)
9. Unfunded Mandate on Local Officials to Enforce Immigration Laws (SSB1172)
10. End Bottle and Can Deposit Law (HSB163)
11. Take Away Local Control Of Water Supply (HF484/SSB1146)
12. Restrict Right To Bring Nuisance Lawsuit (HF468/SSB1144)
Public Hearings on Monday, March 6, and Tuesday, March 7
Next week, there will be public hearings on four of these bad proposals at the Iowa House. This is an opportunity to speak up directly with legislators to oppose this legislation. Here is the schedule:
Monday, March 6, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. – Public hearing on HF484, the legislative take-over of the Des Moines Water Works.
Monday, March 6, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. – Public hearing on HF295, the bill to lower local minimum wages and take away local civil rights ordinances and packaging regulations.
Monday, March 6, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Public hearing on HF516, the bill to create new government barriers to voting including restrictive identification requirements.
Tuesday, March 7, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. – Public hearing on HSB169/SSB1170, the bill that would eliminate many of the protections for injured workers, including taking away or blocking compensation for injured workers over age 67.
To sign up, or for more details, visit: www.legis.iowa.gov/committees/publicHearings
I hope this information is helpful to you. Please speak up on these and other issues. As always, let me know if you have any questions or suggestions.
Rob
Senator Rob Hogg
Senate Democratic Leader
Cedar Rapids
03/03/2017 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Legislative Forum – Leon
Community Center, 203 NE 2nd St., Leon, IA 50144
03/04/2017 08:00 AM – 09:30 AM Legislative Forum – Prairie City
Prairie City Public Library, 100 E. 5th St
03/04/2017 08:30 AM – 09:30 AM Legislative Forum – Emmetsburg
Welcome Center, 1121 Broadway
03/04/2017 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Legislative Forum – Grinnell
First Presbyterian Church, 1025 5th Ave
03/04/2017 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Legislative Forum – Maynard
Maynard Public Library, 77 Nason St.
03/04/2017 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Legislative Coffee – Clinton
Clinton Chamber Office, 721 S. 2nd St
03/04/2017 09:00 AM – 10:30 AM Legislative Forum – Muscatine
Muscatine Community College, 154 Colorado St.
03/04/2017 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Town Meeting – Rockwell City
City Library, 424 Main St.
03/04/2017 09:30 AM – 11:00 AM Dubuque Cracker Barrel – Dubuque
Diamond Jo Casino, 301 Bell St.
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Listening Post – West Des Moines
Stilwell Middle School, 1601 Vine Street
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Legislative Forum – Altoona
HyVee Upper Level Meeting Room
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Legislative Coffee – Onawa
Onawa Library, 707 Iowa Ave.
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Legislative Forum – Davenport
Duck Creek Stampe Lilac Garden, 3300 E. Locust
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Legislative Forum – Carter Lake
Owen Public Library, 1120 Willow Dr.
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Legislative Forum – Estherville
Regional Wellness Center 415 S. 18th St.
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM Coffee Talk – Ottumwa
The Market, 331 E. Main St
03/04/2017 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Legislative Forum – Des Moines
Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Ave.
03/04/2017 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM Legislative Forum – Wapello
Corner Market, 340 N. 2nd St.
03/04/2017 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM Legislative Forum – Oelwein
Oelwein Library, 201 E. Charles St.
03/04/2017 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM Legislative Coffee – DeWitt
DeWitt Community Center, 512 10th St.
03/04/2017 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Legislative Forum – Durant
City Hall, 402 6th St.
03/06/2017 08:00 AM – 10:30 AM Marti’s Monday Morning Coffee – Des Moines
Grounds for Celebration, 2645 Beaver Ave.
03/06/2017 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM Town Meeting – Conrad
Public Library, 114 N. Main St.
WEEKEND CALL TO ACTION 03/04-03/05
Attend a legislative forum in your area.
(2) SUBMIT a comment OR SIGN UP to speak AT a hearing for one of the following bills. This is the last step before going to the full House or Senate floor for a vote. A brief summary of each bill is provided. The link is where you may submit your comment or sign up to speak at the hearings on MONDAY and TUESDAY next week.
– HF 518 – A bill for an act relating to workers’ compensation and including effective date and
applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 169.)
– HF 516 – A bill for an act relating to the conduct and administration of elections, including
voter registration, absentee voting, voter identity verification, signature verification, polling
place prohibitions, commissioner duties and certifications, voter misconduct information and
reporting, straight party voting, and post-election audits, creating an electronic poll book and
polling place technology revolving loan fund, providing penalties, and including effective date
and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 93)
– HF 295 – A bill for an act prohibiting counties and cities from establishing certain regulations
relating to employment matters and the sale or marketing of consumer merchandise, providing
for properly related matters, and including effective date provisions. (MINIMUM WAGE BILL; Formerly HSB 92.)
– HF 484 – A bill for an act relating to the governing of certain water utilities and including
effective date provisions. (DMWW; Formerly HF 316).
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Democracy for America
Urgent action alert from Iowa House Democrats:
Just 2 more days. If we can keep up the pressure on Republicans for that long, their voucher plan will be dead in Iowa. Sign our petition below then call your legislators and tell them NO vouchers!
School vouchers are up next.
That’s according to the special interests who have teamed up with Betsy DeVos and are running the show in Des Moines these days. Republicans have already introduced a bill for them to create vouchers in Iowa, which would shift money from public schools to home schools/private schools instead.
If approved, their plan will take away over $200 million from public schools and the result will be a disaster — school closings, higher class sizes, and fewer opportunities for the 92% of Iowa kids in public schools.
Here in Iowa, we pride ourselves on great public schools and we can STOP this plan from becoming law.
If the voucher bill doesn’t make it out of committee by Friday, March 3 it will be DEAD for the year.
Please sign our petition and then share it with your friends and family.
Together, we can stop vouchers and protect our public schools.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION TO STOP VOUCHERS
CLICK HERE TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR
