Category: Financial

DMC Sheriff – Beware of local phone scam

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 26, 2015

PRESS RELEASE

The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn area residents of a phone scam. There has been several incidents in which residents have received phone calls informing them that there are bench warrants for their arrest because they had failed to show up for jury duty or for other offenses. The person making the calls identified himself as a person who is a current Des Moines County Sheriff Deputy. A recent scam in Johnson County Iowa was very similar, but added the demand that the person send money or face arrest. The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office does not call people to inform them of warrants, and would certainly never ask for money over the phone to take care of a warrant. The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office would like to caution residents about phone calls requesting money, as most calls of this type are a scam. Always ask the person’s name and a number to call them back at as legitimate businesses will have no problem with that.

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The Speech Every College Grad Needs to Hear

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 23, 2015

There were thousands of college commencement speeches around the country this year for the Class of 2015. But there was one missing — one very truthful, funny and witty speech that graduates should’ve heard, but didn’t. Well, here it is, spoken by George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post.

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How Michigan’s Welfare Population Declined by 70% in 4 Years

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 23, 2015

Click here: “Welfare should promote self-sufficiency for able-bodied adults,” Rachel Sheffield, a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal. “A crucial aspect of achieving this goal is a work requirement: Able-bodied adults should be required to work, prepare for work, or look for work in exchange for receiving assistance.

“Welfare is available for those who truly need it,” she said, “but the ultimate goal is self-sufficiency.”

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Case New Holland gives $5,000 Grant to WB Schools

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 23, 2015

Photo by Dan Hockett Case New Holland of Burlington gives a $5,000 ‘Project Lead the Way’ grant to West Burlington School District’s Junior High Technical and Pre-Engineering Program. From left: Pat Daly – President Local 807 UAW, Bruce Snodgrass – WB HS/JH Principal, Laura Hubbard – CNH HR Manager, Taylor Fountain – Industrial Tech Teacher, David Schmitt – WB Superintendent. — Photo by Dan Hockett
Case New Holland of Burlington gives a $5,000 ‘Project Lead the Way’ grant to West Burlington School District’s Junior High Technical and Pre-Engineering Program. From left: Pat Daly – President Local 807 UAW, Bruce Snodgrass – WB HS/JH Principal, Laura Hubbard – CNH HR Manager, Taylor Fountain – Industrial Tech Teacher, David Schmitt – WB Superintendent.

Photo by Dan Hockett Students from one of the West Burlington Junior High Classes that will benefit from Case New Holland’s $5,000 grant give thumbs up to say thanks! — Photo by Dan Hockett
Students from one of the West Burlington Junior High Classes that will benefit from Case New Holland’s $5,000 grant give thumbs up to say thanks!

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The Democratic National Committee Is Broke

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 22, 2015

Click here: Federal Election Commission records reveal that the DNC is millions of dollars underwater and running up deficits every month, lagging far behind its financially savvy counterpart, the Republican National Committee.

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How to Solve America’s Spending Problem

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 21, 2015

Everyone complains about America’s debt, and rightly so, but how do we get out of it? As Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner explains, spending on entitlement programs — Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid — has exploded in recent decades. We must slow their growth or they will soon swallow the entire federal budget. In five minutes, learn how America can preserve these programs and get out of debt.

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Obamacare Death Spiral? America’s Largest Health Insurer Ready to Bail

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 19, 2015

Click here: ObamaCare Death Spiral: America’s Largest Health Insurer Ready to Bail

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Student protester wants free college, but has no idea how to pay for it

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 16, 2015

A painful exchange with a young student who’s organizing for free public colleges, cancellation of all student debt and $15/hour minimum wage for all campus employees. She doesn’t really know how to pay for it, unfortunately.

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Game of Loans. (student loans)

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 16, 2015

Why does student debt keep going up and up even as it’s harder and harder to find a good job with a college degree? And why does it seem that the more aid the government and colleges give, the less it helps? Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, shows how politicians and universities have saddled students with dangerous debt…and with little to show for it.

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Successful liberals live by conservative values.

Post author By Falcon
Post date November 16, 2015

Successful liberals live by conservative values. It’s true. The liberal musician, the liberal chef, the liberal writer–all swear by things conservatives love, like competition, earned reward, and, yes, profit and the bottom line.