Tag Archives: social security

Alliance Tele-Town Hall with Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Dave Bradley

As you may have heard, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) recently introduced the Strengthen Social Security Act, S.567. Instead of a cold, calculated benefit cut like the chained CPI, this bill would actually increase Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments(COLA) by an … Continue reading →

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Assessing Our Heterosexual Marriage

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Dave Bradley

It is time for our annual assessment of our heterosexual marriage. We have been doing so for the past four years, looking for the signs that legalized gay marriage in Iowa is causing our marriage to crumble. We have survived 2 … Continue reading →

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The Real Entitlement

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Every time I hear the word “entitlement” in connection with Social Security or Medicare I want to grab the fool who is using Frank Luntz’s word by the collar and ask him (or her) just how stupid they are. Do they … Continue reading →

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Use My Savings To Pay For What??

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Think about this. The so called incredible debt that Republicans are so deathly scared of was run up by – Republican Policies. Remember that Reagan tripled the debt with his form of Keynesian economics – pumping money into the private sector … Continue reading →

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Senator Tom Harkin: It Is Time To Rebuild America

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Trish Nelson

In Iowa’s Interest: Rebuilding Our Middle Class this Labor Day By Senator Tom Harkin On Labor Day, as we honor the contributions that generations of workers have made to the strength and prosperity of our great country, I am reminded … Continue reading →

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Romney-Ryan: We Need To Kill Medicare To Save Medicare

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Trish Nelson

Romney-Ryan: We need to kill Medicare to save Medicare…Really? Time to wake up and smell the snake oil! Medicare was created to solve a problem. In old age, people need health care services. This is pretty much guaranteed. Private health … Continue reading →

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Dragged “Kicking and Screaming”

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Guest opinion by Larry Hodgden today. Larry wrote this for Independence Day. Larry is a retired Viet Nam era veteran of the USAF. He and his wife of 40 years, Sharon, have three children and seven grandchildren who keep him … Continue reading →

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Preserve Social Security–Vote Democratic

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Paul Deaton

When it comes to Social Security, the Democratic Party supports the promise made when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed The Social Security Act on Aug. 14, 1935. That promise is that people in society would contribute to Social Security to … Continue reading →

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Republicans Prove Devolution And Other Observations

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Dave Bradley

Let me start with a plug for one of the best sites to find information and solid analysis about Iowa issues: the Iowa Policy Project . Those folks over there look at the issues in very basic terms and translate … Continue reading →

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