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Tag Archives: grover norquist
Iowa Tax Cuts: Grover Norquist on Steroids
From the April 2022 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $15/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. Click here for … Continue reading
Is Trump’s Shutdown The Realization Of Drowning Government In The Bathtub?
“I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” – Grover Norquist. Interview on NPR’s Morning Edition, May 25, 2001 … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged #Trumpshutdown, grover norquist, thom hartmann
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The Commoditization Of Higher Education: A Tragedy
Starring Grover Norquist, and featuring the classic plot where the GOP systematically deprives an institution of money, then uses the ensuing chaos and dysfunction to argue that the institution is in need of “reform.” Alas, in this story their idea … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged de-funding education, evil GOP, grover norquist, public universities
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Whatsamatta With Kansas? Lots!
Catching up on some old reading I finally got around to reading Peter Fisher’s synopsis of the disastrous Kansas budget over at Iowa Fiscal Partnership. Justice Louis Brandeis once called states “the laboratories of democracy.” As the major laboratory for … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Education, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Policy Project
Tagged grover norquist, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, tax cuts, Wisconsin
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Weigh Your Choice Carefully
One final thought before the election from Larry Hodgden. Larry is a retired Viet Nam era veteran of the USAF. He and his wife of 40 years, Sharon, have three children and seven grandchildren who keep him very busy. Family, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Election Campaign, ALEC, Guest Posts
Tagged grover norquist, tea party
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