Kim Reynolds is correct to prioritize more income tax reform in 2024
Further income tax reform is not only financially sound but fiscally responsible, promoting economic growth by allowing taxpayers to spend and invest their tax dollars as they see fit, rather than growing government.
Federalism Can Help Tame the National Debt
Restoring power to the states is a constitutional solution that will help restore fiscal sanity.
Blue State Budget Woes: States Cannot Tax and Spend Their Way to Prosperity
Media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal are beginning to recognize that the Red-state model of limited spending and pro-growth tax reform is working.
A recent editorial by The Wall Street Journal highlights several progressive Democrat “Blue” states confronting budget problems as a result of overspending and tax increases. States such as New York, New Jersey, and California are experiencing declines in tax revenue, threatening their inflated budgets.
Iowa’s Historic Chance to Eliminate Its Income Tax
This article was published in the National Review. The Hawkeye State must keep leading the way with pro-growth, pro-family economic policies. In 2022, Iowa led what has been called a state-level “flat-tax revolution.” The last few years have been historic for state-based tax reform, with the Tax Foundation reporting that 43 states passed some form of tax reform in 2021 or 2022. In 2023, […]
Iowa is at the Forefront of Conservative Budgeting
This article was published in Real Clear Policy, the Cedar Rapids Gazette, and the Telegraph Herald. Both Governor Reynolds and legislative leaders have made Iowa a fiscal example for other states and the federal government to follow. President Calvin Coolidge regarded “a good budget as among the most noblest monuments of virtue.” President Coolidge’s fiscal conservatism is being exemplified at […]
Upset About Your Property Taxes?
This article was published in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. A spending limit applied to local governments requiring them to earn a vote of the people to raise spending forces governments to be more accountable and to justify new spending. Taxpayers across the state are upset after receiving their property assessment notices in the mail. Property assessments in Iowa have increased, […]
