Originally Published in the: Do Washington policymakers follow Reynolds’ path of fiscal conservatism to lower taxes and balanced budgets? Or Walz’s path of higher taxes, higher spending, and higher deficits? Iowa and Minnesota are midwestern neighbors who have taken vastly different fiscal policy paths in recent years. They have arrived at quite different destinations, with one looking at lower taxes […]
This article was published in Real Clear Policy and Nation Review. When people vote with their feet, they prefer lower taxes and the slim, trim state government Governor Reynolds offers in Iowa. “A tax-cutting wave is sweeping over America’s states,” The Economist claims in a recent feature, and Iowa, it argues, has “emerged as America’s tax-cutting champion, a paragon […]
Both Iowa and Minnesota offer contrasting visions for their respective states and for America’s future. If you want to know what the left would do to America, pay close attention to what it is doing to Minnesota. This article was originally published in Real Clear Policy. There is no Berlin Wall or 38th Parallel separating Lyle, Minnesota, from Mona, Iowa, […]
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