Archive for June 7, 2012
Loebsack: Rural Post Offices Will Remain Open
Dear Friend,
In response to the numerous comments and complaints that the US Postal Service (USPS) received regarding Post Office closings, including the many times I shared Iowans’ and my own strong opposition to their plan, USPS has announced that instead of proceeding as planned with proposed closings they will keep small and rural postal locations open for business. However, some Post Offices will operate with reduced retail hours. Despite this change, access to retail lobbies and P.O. boxes will remain unchanged, as will towns’ ZIP codes.
I heard from many Iowans about the importance of local Post Offices and fought hard to ensure your voices were heard by the USPS. This represents a win for Iowans, especially for Iowans and small businesses in rural areas who often rely on the Postal Service for timely delivery of things like medication and business items. Keeping our Post Offices open will preserve valuable services for rural residents and allow our small businesses to continue operating efficiently to serve their customers and keep their bottom lines up. It will also preserve and create good jobs in our communities. From saving on fuel costs to preventing the loss of businesses and the jobs they support, keeping our Post Offices open is key to our rural economies.
My office is here to assist you with any and all concerns you have, so please do not hesitate to contact me whenever you feel that I can be of assistance. I encourage you to visit my website at www.loebsack.house.gov and sign up for my e-newsletters to stay informed of the work I’m doing for you. I am proud to serve the Second District, and I am committed to working hard for Iowans
Sincerely,
Dave Loebsack
Iowa’s Second District
Preserve Social Security–Vote Democratic
Lowden, Iowa - June 5, 2012
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 fund a benefit to help retirees as they become unable to work.
Republicans would change the promise of Social Security if they could enact the Paul Ryan budget, as Second District Congressional Candidate John Archer said he would, if elected. Why is this important?
The Ryan plan would create social conflict. Current benefits for those 55 years and older would continue as they are, creating a division between young and old in society. That is a mean spirited political calculation.
Instead of being a social program, the plan would be converted to one of property rights, similar to the Thrift Savings Plan available to federal employees. Up to a third of Social Security taxes could be invested by the contributor into a personal retirement account. The funds in the accounts could be passed on to heirs. This would effectively nullify the commitment from society to prevent our elders from living in poverty, and move society to answering the question “what’s in it for me,” instead of “what’s in it for us?”
Finally the Ryan plan claims to make Social Security permanently solvent. The trouble is that removing the protections for our senior citizens would create a permanent class of impoverished elders, with a social and financial cost that would be transferred to other parts of society that are ill-equipped to handle it.
What can a person do about this? Vote Democratic on Nov. 6.
Tags: Democratic Values, John Archer, Paul Ryan, Ryan Budget, social security | 
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John Nichols On The Wisconsin Uprising And Why Walker Survived: Video
John Nichols on Democracy Now! Wednesday, the morning after the Wisconsin recall. John Nichols is the premiere authority on all things Wisconsin. A native Wisconsinite, he has amazing knowledge of its traditions and history. He has been on the ground covering this story from the beginning. His analysis is always informative and academic, it is never pundit-like BS. He is a journalist of the highest quality. He has a point of view, but reports factually and analytically, always informing, never glossing over or using platitudes or he-said/she said. I never miss an opportunity to hear what John Nichols has to say. Enjoy.
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