Posts Tagged ‘Jobs’

If anyone impressed me last weekend at the Dallas County GOP straw poll and the Polk County convention, it was Secretary of State candidate Matt Schultz. The Republican primary for Secretary of State is between three candidates, Schultz, former State Rep. George Eichhorn, and newcomer Chris Sanger. All three of the Secretary ... Full story

Written by Christian Fong Would you believe that two years after its founding in 2007, 20% of the original members of the Generation Iowa Commission, the state commission studying why the next generation is leaving Iowa, had waved good-bye and left Iowa? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. As a founding member and past-Chair of the Generation Iowa Commission, I ... Full story

Speaking about America's unemployment problem on November 2, 2009, President Obama expressed a desire for new ideas on how to create good-paying jobs. The President stated that "if somebody can show me a strategy that's going to work, then we are happy to consider it." I have introduced legislation that the ... Full story

The US Government has invested billions into "job creating" activities. They've done a terrible job and have by-far cost us more than the tiny gains we may have made. I've noticed everyone running for office has been talking about jobs and job creation and I have yet to see anyone offer actual solutions. I've ... Full story

A new TIR/Concordia Group poll shows the political environment in Iowa has improved for Republicans in the last six months. The poll was commissioned by TheIowaRepublican.com in conjunction with Concordia Group LLC, an Iowa based public affairs company. Voter Consumer Research, a highly respected polling firm based in Washington D.C., conducted the poll ... Full story

Governor Chet Culver recently stated that the primary function of state government is to “incarcerate, educate, and medicate.” While Culver’s new slogan isn’t going to find its way on the billboards welcoming travelers to Iowa, it does provide Iowans with a glimpse of what the Governor believes are priorities for ... Full story

Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 6.7 percent this month. The report from the Iowa Workforce Development office showed that the state lost 1,200 jobs in the month of September. Some might find comfort that the unemployment rate didn’t increase for the first time in 2009. However, the news came on the ... Full story

Iowa based CBE Group is a privately owned accounts-receivable management company. One of its clients is the federal government, who uses the CBE Group and two other similar companies to collect delinquent taxes. These companies were awarded government contracts in 2006, which allowed them to attempt to collect back-taxes that the IRS was not ... Full story