Category Archives: Bush Tax

Bush’s Anti-New Deal Trifecta

Posted on May 28, 2005 by Trish Nelson

   Bush's Anti-New Deal Trifecta  MinutemanMedia by Donald Kaul Seldom does a single event in Washington seem to summarize an entire era, but last month saw such an event. Congress passed the 2006 federal budget, which gave a huge tax … Continue reading →

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Chuck Grassley, Chief Enabler, Helps Bush Peddle Snake Oil This Week at Town Hall Meetings

Posted on May 2, 2005 by Trish Nelson

Chuck Grassley, Chief Enabler, Helps Bush Peddle Snake Oil This Week at Town Hall Meetings The DesMoines Register by Jane Norman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Ia., is overseeing the overhaul [gutting] of Social Security in Congress. Here is a list of … Continue reading →

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Is Iowa’s Tax System Fair?

Posted on April 16, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Is Iowa's Tax System Fair? Iowa Policy Project By Elaine Ditsler It’s income tax season and we will surely hear calls for great reforms – such as the idea that everyone should pay the same percentage of their income in … Continue reading →

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Legislature Looks At Property Tax Reform

Posted on April 13, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

  Legislature Looks At Property Tax Reform WOI Radio has been reporting today on efforts at reforming the property tax structures in Iowa:  DES MOINES  2005-04-12 How to make Iowa's property tax system fairer, clearer, and more competitive with other … Continue reading →

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Iowa Jobs Fall; Jobless Rate Hits 5.1 Percent

Posted on March 18, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Jobs Fall; Jobless Rate Hits 5.1 Percent Iowa Policy Project MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (March 17, 2005) – Iowa’s shaky economic recovery took an employment dive in January, falling by 3,600 nonfarm jobs as the unemployment rate rose to a … Continue reading →

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Odds ‘n’ Ends

Posted on March 16, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

Odds 'n' Ends There's so much stuff I wanted to write about that I couldn't really sort things out.  So, here we go with “Odds 'n' Ends”. [Insert a FoxNews-style “Whoosh” Here.] Yesterday in D.C., a “Sense of the Senate” … Continue reading →

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At Least They’re Honest…

Posted on March 10, 2005 by bfiachadthompson

At Least They're Honest… Continuing on with the “stuff that makes you shake your head” series comes this little bit from Texas via Kevin Drum: THE YELLOW WOES OF TEXAS….If you want to understand the kind of vision the modern … Continue reading →

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The Bush Budget: All Guns, No Butter

Posted on February 26, 2005 by Trish Nelson

The Bush Budget:  All Guns, No Butter MinutemanMedia by Greg Tarpinian [George W. ] Bush’s $2.57 trillion budget for 2006 increases military spending by 4.8 percent – not including the war in Iraq – and cuts all other federal government … Continue reading →

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Iowa to Face Federal Budget Cuts

Posted on February 24, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa to Face Federal Budget Cuts Iowa Fiscal Partnership Analysis: Bush Budget Whacks Iowa Services New report projects Iowa cuts of nearly $580 million in federal spending MOUNT VERNON, Iowa – A new report reveals sweeping cuts in services for … Continue reading →

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WOMEN DESERVE MORE SOCIAL SECURITY, NOT LESS

Posted on February 12, 2005 by Trish Nelson

  WOMEN DESERVE MORE SOCIAL SECURITY, NOT LESS MinutemanMedia by Martha Burk As we all know from the State of the Union speech, [Bush] is pushing hard – on his own party as well as the Democrats – to privatize … Continue reading →

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