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HKonJ has been rescheduled for February 27 due to weather.  Please RSVP and let us know if you can join us in Raleigh in two weeks.
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Next Senior Dems Meeting is Saturday, March 13, 2010

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Cumberland County Senior Democrats Officers President Wade H. LeGrand Home: (910) 864-7903 Address: 5503 Hedrick Drive Fayetteville, NC 28303 Email: wadelegrand@aol.com 1st Vice Mary Thomas Home: (910) 497-7574 Address: 217 Cecil Ave Spring Lake, NC 28390 Email: MET@Home4Living.com 2nd Vice Lester Bussey Home:(910)551-2585 Address:673 Stoney Kirk Drive Fayetteville, NC 28314 Email: twotoob44@aol.com Secretary Johnnie M McNeil Home:(910)867-4637 Address: 1309-B Ireland D Fayetteville, NC 28304 Email: mae.mcneil@yahoo.com Treasurer Charles McKellar Home: (910) 822-1462 Mobile: (910) 987-1482 Address: 313 Wareham Ct Fayetteville, NC 28311 Email: McKellaraf@aol.com Sergeant-at-arms Louis W. McCormick Home: (910) 867-4965 Address: 6318 Lynette C Fayetteville, NC 28314 Email: none Meet the 2nd Saturday of each month 10 A.M. Fire Station #14 632 Langdon Street (between Ramsey and Murchison) across from Fayetteville State University

January 1, 2010

                       

2010 is an important year in the lives of our Senior Democrats and all Americans.  We have before us both a challenge and an opportunity to help direct the course of events in this country for many years, if not decades to come.  Our challenge in 2010 is to pull together, work hard to elect our local, state and national leaders who have made a commitment to our interests and who are committed to making America keep its promise to all of its citizens.


Locally, 2010 is important for the future of the NC Senior Democrats.  We will be hosting the annual convention and this is an election year for the state organization.  Cumberland County has been honored to have our own Mrs. Reva McNair as chairperson for the past four years where the organization has made significant strides.  Join us this year as Cumberland County Senior Democrats host this exciting convention on September 25, 2010.


Please bring to the Cumberland County Senior Democrats your ideas, skills and commitment to help achieve our goals and objectives.  Become an active member today.  Your membership contribution will help our organization give voice to the needs of seniors that we represent and to hold our elected officials accountable.


Officers:


Wade H. LeGrand, President. 
Mary E. Thomas, 1st Vice President.  
Lester Bussey, 2nd Vice President.

Johnnie Mae McNeil, Secretary. 
Charles McKellar, Treasurer.


Make checks payable to:  Cumberland County Senior Democrats.


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State Issues:

North Carolina Democratic Party

RELEASE: New Year, Same Jobs Story
Analyst: National job losses since Dec. 2007 total 8.4 million


Contact: John Quinterno, Principal, 919-622-2392

CHAPEL HILL (February 5, 2010) – The national employment report for January points to a sickly labor market. Last month, employers eliminated 20,000 more payroll jobs than they added. Additionally, official revisions to 2009 estimates found that the economy lost 930,000 more jobs than first reported. Total job losses since Dec. 2007 now number 8.4 million. 
“The national labor market started 2010 just like it ended 2009: going nowhere,” said John Quinterno, a principal at South by North Strategies, Ltd., a research firm specializing in economic and social policy. “Labor market conditions have stabilized in recent months, but few meaningful improvements are occurring. The job market continues to drift along.” 
In January, the nation’s employers eliminated 20,000 more payroll positions than they created. Although the November payroll data were revised upward (to +64,000 positions from +4,000), downward revisions to December data (to -150,000 from -85,000) more than offset the gains. And annual revisions to the 2009 estimates found that 930,000 more positions (seasonally adjusted) were lost than initially reported. 
January job losses were concentrated in the construction (-75,000), transportation/warehousing (-19,000), and financial (-16,000) sectors. Losses primarily were offset by gains in professional and business services (+44,000), retail trade (+42,100), and education/health care (+16,000). Much of the increase in professional services employment was driven by the temporary help services sub-industry (+52,000). 
“The best that can be said about the January employment report is that job losses are not occurring at the dizzying pace seen in early 2009,” added Quinterno. “Yet two years of recession have forced many Americans to the economy’s sidelines.” 
The extent of idle labor is reflected in the household data released today. In January,  14.8 million Americans – 9.7 percent of the labor force –  were jobless and actively seeking work. Proportionally more adult male workers were unemployed than female ones (10 percent vs. 7.9 percent). Similarly, unemployment rates were higher among Black (16.5 percent) and Hispanic workers (12.6 percent) than among White ones (8.7 percent). The unemployment rate among teenagers was 26.4 percent. 
Furthermore, newly available data show that 9.6 percent of all veterans were unemployed in January; the unemployment rate among veterans who had served since Sep. 2001 was 12.6 percent. Also, 15.2 percent of Americans with disabilities were unemployed last month
“In January, just 58.4 percent of America’s working-age population was employed,” noted Quinterno. “Individuals looking for work are finding it increasingly difficult to obtain positions. Last month, 41 percent of all unemployed workers had been jobless for at least six months. Because the number of job seekers far exceeds the number of openings, many more individuals have given up on finding work. Counting those individuals and those working part-time on an involuntary basis brings the underemployment rate to 16.5 percent.”
Today’s national data suggest that another weak employment report is in store for North Carolina. Since the recession’s start, North Carolina employers have eliminated, on net, 248,000 positions, and the statewide unemployment rate has climbed to 11.2 percent.
“In recent months, job losses and unemployment have settled at extremely high levels,” observed Quinterno. “Given that the bulk of the nation’s economic activity hinges upon consumer expenditures, high levels of joblessness only serve as a drag on growth. Alarmingly, one major positive contributor to growth in recent quarters – federal recovery spending – likely has achieved its maximum effect on growth rates and will begin phasing out in 2010.”
“Public-sector spending currently is the main force driving the economy, and it appears that fundamental private-sector conditions are too weak, by themselves, to support much growth,” warned Quinterno. “This suggests that sluggish growth and high levels of joblessness will remain a serious problem well into 2010.”

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South by North Strategies, Ltd. is a research and communications firm specializing in studies of economic and social policy. Its mission is to prepare high quality, affordable, applied policy research for organizations seeking to understand and address pressing economic and social challenges. The firm is based in Chapel Hill, NC.

To learn more, visit
www.sbnstrategies.com 

 

National Issues:

Democratic Party

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Dan Besse
February 4, 2010

Friends,

We can still save comprehensive health care reform this year.
Democrats in the House still have the votes to pass comprehensive health care reform--the version already approved by the Senate.  Democrats in the House and Senate both then still have the majorities necessary in both chambers to make further improvements through the budget reconciliation process (which only requires a majority vote).

They just need to stop waffling and show some backbone.
That's where we (and other health care advocates around the nation) come in.
A few calls now from the committed backers of health care coverage for all can be the final push we need for this historic achievement.

Here's how we do it in three simple steps:

(1)  Call the Democratic national campaign committees and tell them that passage of health care reform now is important to you.
    
Tell them you'll make no contributions to them until health care reform is passed.
Call the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) at 202-863-1500.
Call the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) at 202-224-2447.

(2)  Call Sen. Kay Hagan and tell her that passage of health care reform now is a top priority.
Ask her to commit to working to pass a "reconciliation" bill making improvements to the health reform legislation as approved by the Senate.

Sen. Hagan's office numbers:  202-224-6342 (Washington DC);
336-333-5311 (Greensboro);   919-856-4630 (Raleigh).  Any one will do.

(3)  Call your Democratic U.S. House member and tell them to vote for the Senate health reform bill now.
     If you're not represented by a Democrat in the U.S. House, call the nearest Democratic Congressional Representative's office and weigh in with them.  The message is simple:  Pass the Senate health reform bill now.  Make fixes later.

U.S. House Democratic Representatives from North Carolina:

G.K. Butterfield (D-1):  202-225-3101

Bob Etheridge (D-2):  202-225-4531

David Price (D-4):  202-225-1784

Mike McIntyre (D-7):  202-225-2731

Larry Kissell (D-8):  202-225-3715

Heath Shuler (D-11):  202-225-6401

Mel Watt (D-12):  202-225-1510

Brad Miller (D-13):  202-225-3032


If you want more details about where we are in this difficult process, I've attached a more extended explanation sheet.


Please help save comprehensive health care reform!  Make these calls and pass word on to your friends.  Post it on your blogs or your Facebook pages.  Forward the message by email.  Send it out by carrier pigeon if necessary.  Let's not miss our generation's best chance to start bringing health care to all Americans.

Thank you!

Dan

Dan Besse

danbesse@danbesse.org

Progressives Headline News from Democracy Now

Top Insurers Post Record Profits While Dropping 2.7M Policyholders A new report says the nations five biggest insurance companies set an all-time record for combined profits last year. According to Health Care for America Now, the companies WellPoint, CIGNA, UnitedHealth Group, Aetna Inc. and Humana posted cumulative profits of $12.2 billion. That marks a $4.4 billion, or 56 percent, increase over 2008 and amounts to an average profit margin of 5.2 percent. CIGNA saw the highest profit jump, with an increase of 346 percent. Health Care for America Now says the insurers record year was aided by three factors: dropping customers with costly medical needs; diverting spending from medical care to administrative costs and margins; and a higher enrollment in public programs, like Medicare Advantage, that pay insurers higher fees. Overall, the insurance companies dropped 2.7 million customers from their rolls last year. The reports release comes ahead of a day of nationwide rallies next Wednesday organized by Health Care for America Now.

Improved Corporate Profits Not Leading to Job Growth New figures show the improving fortune of major corporations isnt leading to a simultaneous creation of new jobs. Bloomberg News reports a majority of the Standard & Poor 500 have increased revenues to a combined $1.18 trilliona $518 billion increase over the year before. But capital expenditures, or investments that could have helped create jobs, were down 43 percent.

Survey: Quarter of Job Losses Will Be Permanent Around 8.4 million jobs have been lost since December 2007. According to economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal, around a quarter of the lost jobs are gone for good. The survey comes as the White House released an economic forecast projecting job growth this year will be too low to significantly address unemployment. The projection says employers will add just 95,000 jobs per month, a number just below what economists say is needed just to keep up with population growth.


 

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