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Category Archives: Budget
Radical Right Budgetary Shenanigans
As headlines of a monster of a storm bearing down on Florida early in the week and expectations of major revelations coming from another January 6th committee hearing captured most of the news consuming public this week, stories of another … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Budget
Tagged corporate tax cuts in Iowa, Liz Truss, natural disasters, starve the beast, trickle down economics
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Iowa Has A Choice For Governor
In a rather surprising editorial in the Des Moines Register last week John and Terri Hale wrote about encounters with former Iowans at various places around the country. After some banter, they said, a common theme came up: An example: … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Election campaign, Budget, Economy, iowa legislature 2022, Jobs, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Deidre DeJear, private school vouchers, public schools
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This Week’s The High Five
As noted before, The High Five is a daily email from Progress Iowa that keeps the public abreast of what is going on in the Iowa Legislature. In this time of Iowa’s Republican domination , it is smart to keep … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, voter suppression
Tagged book banning, public schools, school vouchers, special needs students, we will be Kansas
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Analysis Of Iowa Tax Proposals From Common Good Iowa
Many of you may remember that the old think tank of iowpolicyproject.org updated itself into commongoodiowa.org. As before, they are the gold standard in Iowa for budget and tax policy analysis. With the legislature going full throttle and our news … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, iowa legislature 2022, tax cuts for the wealthy
Tagged commongoodiowa.org, flat tax, iowa legislature 2022, Iowa taxes, tax cuts
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Legislature Back Wednesday
Pennsylvania legislator lets loose with a very deserved rant concerning the fact that Republicans in the legislators were positive for corona virus while meeting with Democrats who were never told about the Republicans being positive (12 minutes) This situation is … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Budget, Covid-19, Kim Reynolds
Tagged Iowa legislature 2020, Test Iowa
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Where Did The Money Come From?
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post giving my understanding of how the Republican Party (aka now the Trumpublicans) had worked for 40 years to drive the country so deeply in debt that the government could not possibly … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Budget, Economy
Tagged Brad Friedman, bradblog, Covid-19, Modern Monetary Theory, socialism, Stephanie Kelton
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Sunday Funnies And A Couple Of Comments
John Fugelsang has an interesting view on the next election. He would like to see Trump win if only to face the consequences of his reckless economic policies. Much like George W’s policies, Trump has blown a huge … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, 2020 election campaign, Blog for Iowa, Budget, Humor
Tagged debates, government spending, negative advertising
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Backfill Cut Is BS
Editor’s note: This ‘on the money’ rant from a friend landed in my mailbox on Friday morning. It is quite self explanatory You can email your legislator and urge them to vote NO on SF 2081- backfill elimination bill. Backfill? … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Budget, economic inequality, Economy, Iowa legislature 2018, tax cuts for the wealthy
Tagged property taxes, reneging the backfill
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Iowa Policy Project Analyzes Senate Budget Bill
As I have said so many times before, when it comes to thorough analysis on things fiscal in Iowa, no one comes close to the Iowa Policy Project and its partner Iowa Fiscal Partnership. So when the Iowa state senate began … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, Blog for Iowa, Budget, gun control, Iowa legislature 2018, Iowa Policy Project
Tagged Legislative forums
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Is Iowa Owned By The Koch Brothers?
Out of the blue republicans in the Iowa senate once again struck a blow against democracy by rushing a budget bill through sub-committee and committee that will be disastrous for Iowa. In a state that can’t even pay its current … Continue reading
Posted in #trumpresistance, ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Budget, Iowa legislature 2018, Koch Brothers
Tagged Americans For Prosperity
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