Wake
County Senior Democrats
Minutes
of the Meeting for March 2018
President
Kirkman called the meeting to order and welcome new members and
guests.
The
following candidates spoke for a few minutes laying out the their
platforms:
Allison
Dahle (NC House 11)
Luis
Toledo (NC Senate 16)
Susan
Evans (Wake Co. Comm.)
Gerald
Baker (Wake Co. Sheriff)
Luis
Toledo was our guest speaker. The topic was The US Tax Plan Debacle.
Step
1. $1.5 trillion deficit
Step
2. Budget cuts (Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid)
45-year
(adjusted) low investment in NC
Poverty
rate increase from 14% to 15% over 10 years
No
one is addressing what the Federal cuts will mean to the NC Budget
Old
Business
Minutes
Approved
Ken
and Mike Rulison spent 10 minutes discussing our online presence and
the
results of Mike's online use survey
President
Kirkman adjourned the meeting. There was no pledge to the Flag of NC
There
were 22 persons attended.
The
next meeting will be April 18, 2018.
--Submitted
by Catherine Windsor, Secretary