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West County Democrats > Issues > Archive for Economic Fairness (Page 10)

Category: Economic Fairness

Companies Versus Their Workers

November 2, 2023November 2, 2023

Capitalism, alas, always pits workers against their employers.  Companies and bosses want to do well.  The less they share with workers the better they do. 

Missouri Benefit Program Numbers For July 2023 Released

September 3, 2023September 3, 2023

Mixed Bag But Still Trending Down Up and down, but generally down… The Missouri Department of Social Services has released the Monthly Management Report for July 2023 for the Family Support Division and the Missouri HealthNet Division. [ www.dss.mo/re ] Alas, no surprises.  The number of Missourians getting Temporary Assistance climbed by Read More …

Straightening-Up Missouri

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023

The past several weekends my wife and her siblings have been cleaning-out their mom’s house.  (She passed, at age 95, this spring.)  The in-laws and outlaws help too, so, I mildly amused myself collecting the twelve pair of identical scissors Read More …

Missouri’s Children

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023

What does Mike Parson – and his administration – have against kids? Oh, I know he likes to give out that ‘grandpa vibe’ at the State Fair.  And, I suspect Parson happily spoils his six grandkids. The record with other Read More …

What The Catholic Church Didn’t Learn From K Mart

June 3, 2023June 3, 2023

I learned long ago that large organizations make mistakes, often a long series of mistakes until the enterprise fails. Still, failure is not inevitable most of the time.  Leadership can avoid potholes and sinkholes – if they’re paying attention. For Read More …

Understanding Missouri, Again

May 4, 2023May 4, 2023

A friend from a very, very major metropolitan area up east texted me:  did Missouri really just pass a law taking the sales tax off diapers and guns??? Of course not, I replied.  That took two laws. Did Democrats vote Read More …

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October 12, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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A member of Team Wellman:  Fred Wellman is our Candidate for Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District.

Elad Gross, a civil rights attorney, government transparency advocate, and leader in expanding civic engagement in MO.

We will also get an update on legislative items from our Legislative Advocacy Lead Glenn Koenen.

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