Political Geek Rock Concert, Part 2

After the opening day of the Alliance Conference, I have to say, I was inspired. Now, on Wednesday, July 8, many of the speakers were of the "insider" track, such as our Executive Vice President, Jo Etta Brown. There was also a presentation by Susan Arther, who works with the FINRA Investor Protection Campaign on fighting Financial Fraud. Although she spoke about how seniors are targeted by certain scams, she also spoke about what anyone who is thinking about investing should ask questions before signing anything and making sure to practice saying, "No". I urge all of you to check out the sites above, specially the Fighting Financial Fraud. There's even a link to a free credit check and a lot of information. By the way, do you know who is the most gullible? Those of us who are optimistic, self-reliant when decision making, above average in financial knowledge, income and education...know anyone like that?
We also had Max Fine, member of President Kennedy's(and LBJ) Task Force on Health and Social Security who told the real story of the fight to get Medicare legislated. He relates that the idea behind Medicare was to first help seniors(who were failing horribly in retirement without health insurance and falling deeper and deeper into poverty). In 5 years, the next step would be dropping the age by 10 years...down until all of American Citizens would be covered, but that was thwarted by Viet Nam and the treasonous deal Nixon made to the South Vietnamese to quash the Paris peace talks.

Will Fischer and James Gilbert, laying a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Also speaking was Will Fischer, Executive Director of the Union Veterans Council, an AFL-CIO sponsored organization specifying in the union members who are also Veterans and the issues they face. And the Council also has a Facebook page. The page has a lot of good and pertinent information for anyone who is a veteran or has a family member in military service.
So after all of this, it is now 1:30 and time for our breakout sessions. Yep a lot is happening during this week and I think I need a nap! But I didn't I pushed on...for the big show on Thursday...