Either House Majority Leader Eric Cantor doesn’t understand how Social Security works or he doesn’t care. Just hours after President Obama said that Social Security cuts and privatization are off the table, Cantor said that Social Security had to be cut to balance the budget. But here’s the thing: Social Security does not and never [...]
America is a community. We look out for each other as a nation. We build schools for our children, fund police for our safety and provide a secure retirement for our grandparents. We don’t toss aside our seniors when they need our help the most. Instead, each generation of American workers invests in the Social [...]
Join us for a rally and press conference to “Restore the Funding” February 28, 2011 at 11:30am Arizona State Capitol grounds sponsored by Democracy for America. Speakers currently confirmed include Rep. Anna Tovar, a transplant recipient herself; the sister of one of the current transplant patients as well as Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch, Former Maricopa County [...]
DFA-MC Monthly Link-Up Wed, Sept 1 at 6:30PM Old Spaghetti Factory – on Central South of McDowell Meet candidates Sherry B. Williams, candidate for Clerk of the County Superior Court; John Thrasher, running against Trent Franks for Congress in CD2; Rita Dickinson, running for AZ Senate in LD 11; and others who may drop in. [...]
Come learn about our Democratic candidates for the general election. If there is any hope for Arizona we must elect our democratic slate! Please come and discuss where you can best help. Learn about the propositions on the ballot especially Prop 106 which endangers our health. Learn how. OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY Central Avenue South of [...]
Even with the Supreme Courts hold on matching funds for Clean Elections many candidates still need their fives. If all the candidates running for an office are running Clean no one has an advantage. This would hold true if the Governor’s race is between Jan Brewer and Terry Goddard or in the race for Corporation [...]
Here in Arizona we get a double dose of Republican indifference to the needs of our citizens. We have Congressmen like Jon Kyl arguing that unemployment benefits dissuade people from job-hunting “because people are being paid even though they’re not working” and” … If anything, as I said, it’s a disincentive. And the same thing [...]
Healthcare reform is not dead but we still have to work for it! Congressman Mitchell’s staff says the anti-reform insurance companies have their people calling. Don’t let the insurance companies beat us. Call ALL our AZ Democratic Congressional delegation. Let them know Arizona people want reform. You can call the Capitol on this 800 number [...]
There seems to be a lot of Republican revisionist history going around: Rudy Giuliani claimed “we had no domestic attacks under Bush — we’ve had one under Obama.” Then we had Mary Matalin: “We inherited a recession from President Clinton and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation’s history,” [...]
THE ISSUE: During the November 2008 election, the payday industry tried to pass Proposition 200 in Arizona – an initiative that would have allowed the payday lenders to bleed hard-working Arizonans with 400 percent interest rates forever. Arizona voters said “No!” to the payday lenders – loud and clear – rejecting Proposition 200 by a [...]
