Posts Tagged ‘Taxes’

With national unemployment hovering near 10 percent, a number of leading Democrat Senators and candidates are abandoning liberal trial lawyer Roxanne Conlin (D-IA), embattled U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and President Barack Obama as they seek to implement legislation for the largest tax increase in ... Full story

Iowa’s largest and most influential tax relief organization endorsed former Governor Terry Branstad’s campaign yesterday. Iowans for Tax Relief had never backed a gubernatorial candidate in a contested primary before endorsing Branstad. This is the second major endorsement Branstad has received in the last two-weeks. ... 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

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

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rod Roberts filed a bill today in the Iowa House of Representatives to eliminate the state corporate income tax. Over the past several months of his gubernatorial campaign, Roberts has pledged to work toward eliminating the tax. Filing the bill in the Iowa House marks the first step toward the tax’s elimination. Roberts ... Full story

By: Ed Failor, Jr., President of Iowans for Tax Relief Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 Iowa taxpayers were dealt another crushing blow last week when the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Services Division announced the state is facing a budget gap totaling more than one billion dollars. This number estimates the amount by which state spending will exceed ... Full story

Iowa 5th District Judge Joel Novak ruled yesterday that the city of Des Moines illegally taxed it citizens when the city imposed a franchisee fee of 5% on utility bills. The City of Des Moines will have to refund almost $50 million dollars that it illegally took away from its citizens. The city has ... Full story

Iowa Congressman Tom Latham cautioned against raising taxes in the midst of an economic recession on Tuesday, the day before Americans across the country must file their federal tax returns. Congressman Latham noted that Congressional spending through March increased government spending by over 80 percent, creating the largest single-year deficit in the nation’s history. At a time ... Full story

From out of nowhere yesterday, Iowa Secretary of State Mike Mauro informed Iowans that there is another route to amend Iowa’s Constitution besides relying on the House and Senate to pass an amendment in two consecutive general assemblies. Iowans will have the opportunity to vote to hold a constitutional convention in the 2010 general election. ... Full story

Alright, we finally have some serious public resistance to tax increases and the overall liberal/socialist philosophy of bigger government with more control. One would think last night’s so-called public hearing turned private would make the Democrats think twice about raising our taxes. The problem is, it most likely won’t make them bat an eye.... Full story