Posts Tagged ‘Taxes’

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

The Iowa Legislature’s latest attempts to remove federal deductibility give us more proof our tax code and philosophy both in the state and nationally is out of whack. How many times do we have to have these arguments about this tax or that tax until we ... Full story

Ken Sagar, president of the Iowa Federation of Labor and treasurer of the Iowa Democratic Party, urged legislators yesterday to stop making budget cuts and instead increase taxes to bring in additional revenue to help deal with the state’s financial problems. If Governor Culver and legislative Democrats follow Sagar’s recommendations, they will have to increase taxes on ... Full story