http://sidems.org Staten Island Democratic Association Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:46:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://sidems.org/archives/454 http://sidems.org/archives/454#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:45:14 +0000 sidems http://sidems.org/?p=454 Medicare July 25, 2011 Our Policy Position The Republican plan’s supposed ‘virtue’ is its malign simplicity: it disposes of Medicare altogether and substitutes an inferior voucher program falsely cloaked in the label of “Medicare”. This parlor trick is not a tribute to the true Medicare as the program itself is relegated to the junk heap [...]]]> http://sidems.org/archives/454/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/445 http://sidems.org/archives/445#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:30:50 +0000 sidems http://sidems.org/?p=445 Social Security We do not have access to all data nor do we have the technical expertise to develop a comprehensive plan to solve SS’s solvency problem. Our role as a progressive organization is to support proposals that will help restore the program’s solvency over a 75 year period, (the time period used by the [...]]]> http://sidems.org/archives/445/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/425 http://sidems.org/archives/425#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:44:33 +0000 Roy Moskowitz http://sidems.org/?p=425 June 2011 Newsletter]]> http://sidems.org/archives/425/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/410 http://sidems.org/archives/410#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 13:37:40 +0000 Roy Moskowitz http://sidems.org/?p=410 April 2011 Newsletter]]> http://sidems.org/archives/410/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/404 http://sidems.org/archives/404#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:01:46 +0000 Roy Moskowitz http://sidems.org/archives/404 ]]> http://sidems.org/archives/404/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/348 http://sidems.org/archives/348#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:57:38 +0000 admin http://sidems.org/?p=348 Staten Island Democratic Association est. 1961 as Staten Island’s reform Democratic Club www.sidems.org At our Next Meeting: NYC Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio Congressman, Michael McMahon Executive Committee Election Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 8:00 P.M., at Karl’s Klipper, 40 Bay Street – (718) 720-4442 Editorial Policy: Items for publication must be submitted to the newsletter no later [...]]]> http://sidems.org/archives/348/feed 0 /gallery?album=1&gallery=1 /gallery?album=1&gallery=1#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:33:32 +0000 admin http://dev.sidems.org/?p=341 ]]> /gallery?album=1&gallery=1/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/105 http://sidems.org/archives/105#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:36:34 +0000 admin http://dev.sidems.org/?p=105 The manufactured" controversy of the Islamic Cultural Center in lower Manhattan is just the latest example of how Republicans are much better at "agenda-setting" and "framing" than we are.]]> http://sidems.org/archives/105/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/288 http://sidems.org/archives/288#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:01:36 +0000 admin http://dev.sidems.org/?p=288 At our September 21, 2010 meeting the Club endorsed Andrew Cuomo for Governor.]]> http://sidems.org/archives/288/feed 0 http://sidems.org/archives/297 http://sidems.org/archives/297#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:59:17 +0000 admin http://dev.sidems.org/?p=297 At our September 21, 2010 meeting the Club endorsed Eric Schneiderman for Attorney General.]]> http://sidems.org/archives/297/feed 0