Social Security

• Pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act

  April 12, 2021:   A good union job like the one I had for 24 years before retiring provided for me and my family. The union made sure that I was being taken care of at work with proper safety protocols as well as proper pay. Now that I am a retired union mem...Read more >

• If ever there was a time to delay filling a Supreme Court vacancy, it is now

  October 01, 2020:   When Chuck Grassley & Joni Ernst refused to hold a hearing on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, I thought they were being racist and playing partisan politics.  They insisted that voters “needed a say” in an election year ...Read more >

• Joni Ernst’s stealth attack on our Social Security

  August 17, 2020:   Senator Joni Ernst wants the people of Iowa to vote for her, but she doesn’t want to say where she stands on Social Security. That is because she won’t admit that she wants to reach into all of our pockets and cut our earned benefits. ...Read more >

• Joni Ernst Scores 8 out of 100 with Seniors

  August 17, 2020:   Let's talk about Sen. Joni Ernst and what she's done for Iowans the past six years. To do this we must go to the Alliance for Retired Americans' congressional voting website.  Click on Iowa and take a look. On this website is a scorecar...Read more >

• Joni Ernst Confirms Healthcare Opponents to Lifetime Court Vacancies – Endangering Lives

  July 13, 2020: DISCLAIMER: This article was published by the Washington Times which is rated as a QUESTIONABLE SOURCE by Media Bias/Fact Check, meaning it: "exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor...Read more >

• Senator Joni Ernst’s Anti-Retiree Voting Record

  May 20, 2020:   Shame on Senator Joni Ernst who earned a 20% score on retiree issues for 2019. We will remember this.   The Alliance for Retired Americans’ annual voting record scores every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues affect...Read more >

• Jerry Hageman – Ernst Still Has a Ways to Go – Letter To The Editor

  May 18, 2020: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a retired military colonel, serving her first term, has come a long way from Red Oak since 1970. I also applaud her service as county auditor and state senator and am sure she has all Iowans' interests at heart. I live and work...Read more >

• ‘Hobnobbing With Billionaires in Davos,’ Trump Admits—If Reelected—He Will Seek to Cut Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare

  January 23, 2020: "It'll be toward the end of the year," Trump said from Davos, Switzerland. "And at the right time, we will take a look at that. You know, that's actually the easiest of all things, if you look, cause it's such a big percentage." By Jon Queally, st...Read more >

• Kasich and Jeb Bush Mean Trouble for Seniors

  February 11, 2016: John Kasich and Jeb Bush mean trouble for seniors and retirees. The New Hampshire primary results are in, and the top four for the Republicans were businessman Donald Trump, Gov. John Kasich (Ohio), Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), and former Governor Jeb Bush (F...Read more >

• Silver Tsunami to Bring 25 Million More Medicare Beneficiaries by 2036

  January 27, 2016: [caption id="attachment_3359" align="alignnone" width="300"] Cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator[/caption] The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that Medicare enrollment will grow by more than 30 percent over the next ten yea...Read more >