Missouri has long lagged most other states in the operation of its benefit programs. As mentioned before, the state has moved from a county office model to Call Centers handling food stamps, Medicaid and most other programs. The Call Centers have been a monumental failure at handling everyday work flow. They now constitute an inescapable calamity struggling families must endure.
After the 1918 flu pandemic it took years for life to return to normal. This go around, plan on a decade of pain.
Working under the impression that Tax Day remained April 15, I spent a bit if time in early March accumulating paperwork and completing the ‘tax planner’ supplied by our CPA. Cursed with a good bit of obsessiveness, I even went Read More …
The restaurant and hospitality industry evaporated this week. Other than grocers, retail is gone. Major manufacturers are closing the assembly lines. The result will be hundreds of thousands of formerly working and middle class families toppling into poverty. Missouri government can’t handle that.
West County Democrats Monthly Meeting United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 655300 Weidman Road, Ballwin, MO 63011 http://www.westcountydemocrats.org COVID-19 UPDATE The officers of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union have suspended group meetings in their auditorium for the Read More …
If we can’t convince many to deal with reality, we need to get all those with open minds to the polls in November.