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Job Creationism

Peter Fisher In the beginning, there was a CEO. And he said, “Let there be jobs.” Because he wanted to be a Job Creator, since he had heard that Job Creators get all kinds of public praise and respect… more →

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Job Creationism

iowapolicypoints wrote 1 week ago: Peter Fisher In the beginning, there was a CEO. And he said, “Let there be jobs.” Because he wanted … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, job-creators, Jobs, Peter Fisher, tax credit

Who benefits? No doubts — the ‘1 Percent’

iowapolicypoints wrote 2 weeks ago: Peter Fisher For whose benefit is this country run? The events of the past 10 years should have eras … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Banks, credit, Debt, Economy, Foreclosures, Great Recession, Iowa Policy Project

Will outrage translate into policy?

iowapolicypoints wrote 4 weeks ago: Mike Owen Oh, the outrage. Apple Inc., is (gasp!) working the federal tax code to its advantage, exp … more →

Tags: Organization, Apple, combined reporting, Corporate taxes, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Sen. Carl Levin, tax loopholes

Some bad ideas never die

iowapolicypoints wrote 1 month ago: Peter Fisher The Iowa House today proved that bipartisanship is no guarantor of good policy. On a vo … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Economic Development, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Peter Fisher, sales tax TIF, tax fairness, Tax Increment Financing

Iowa's decline in job-based health insurance

iowapolicypoints wrote 2 months ago: The Cedar Rapids Gazette today offered an interesting look at the question of where Iowans get their … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Affordable Care Act., Colin Gordon, Health Care, Health Insurance, Iowa Policy Project, Jobs, Mike Owen

The limits of transparency

iowapolicypoints wrote 2 months ago: Peter Fisher You can’t fix problems you can’t find. That’s why transparency is so important in publi … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Iowa Public Interest Research Group, IPIRG, Peter Fisher, Tax Credits, tax expenditures

Flat tax plan legalizes cheating on Iowa taxes

iowapolicypoints wrote 3 months ago: Peter Fisher The Iowa House of Representatives will soon take up a bill that would legalize cheating … more →

Tags: Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Income Tax, federal deductibility, tax fairness, Peter Fisher, Flat Tax

How to make Iowa’s tax system more unfair

iowapolicypoints wrote 4 months ago: David Osterberg How odd that a new proposal to make Iowa’s tax system more regressive and unfair com … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Tax Reform, tax fairness, david osterberg, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, itep

Sound budgeting doesn't include blanket tax credit

iowapolicypoints wrote 4 months ago: Mike Owen This session of the Iowa Legislature offers a tremendous opportunity to move the state for … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, energy-environment, Organization, Budget, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Economy, Iowa Policy Project, Education, tax credit

EITC boost would help families who need it — and economy

iowapolicypoints wrote 5 months ago: Heather Gibney If you imagine a packed Kinnick Stadium on game day you have an idea of how many Iowa … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Child Tax Credit, Tax Reform, tax fairness, eitc, Earned Income Tax Credit

Accountability is good for tax breaks, too

iowapolicypoints wrote 5 months ago: Mike Owen The Des Moines Register has an interesting editorial today about the state’s voluntary pre … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, research credit, tax credit, research activities credit, Mike Owen, Preschool

Remaking ‘Blazing Saddles’

iowapolicypoints wrote 6 months ago: Peter Fisher Some of the arguments against raising tax rates on the richest 2 percent of Americans b … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Budget, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, tax fairness, Peter Fisher, Blazing Saddles, Tax Cuts

States should beware ALEC-brand snake oil

iowapolicypoints wrote 6 months ago: Peter Fisher Legislative sessions will be starting across the country after the first of the year, a … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Economy, Iowa Policy Project, regulation, Peter Fisher, taxes, Alec, American Legislative Exchange Council

Against Obama's plan

burwellstark wrote 6 months ago: As I mentioned in my previous column, President Obama has been continuing his call to raise taxes on … more →

Tags: The Wake Forest Weekly, Economics, Politics, Health Care, Political Philosophy, Redistribution, Obamacare, Social Welfare, ethics

A full table

iowapolicypoints wrote 7 months ago: Mike Owen As the serving table groans and the plate runneth over for many Americans on Thanksgiving … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, Organization, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, food stamps, Snap, Nutrition, Farm Bill

Talk is cheap

iowapolicypoints wrote 7 months ago: David Osterberg There are three principal problems with the Governor’s proposed Nutrient Reduction S … more →

Tags: energy-environment, Organization, Budget, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Water Quality, Pollution, Environment, david osterberg

Pushing America over the fiscal cliff — 1 comment

burwellstark wrote 7 months ago: Tuesday, November 6, Barack Obama was re-elected president by winning both the Electoral College and … more →

Tags: The Wake Forest Weekly, Economics, Politics, Political Philosophy

Does Iowa have the will to govern itself?

iowapolicypoints wrote 7 months ago: Does Iowa have the will to govern itself? How ironic that we have reason to ask that question, a wee … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, energy-environment, Organization, Budget, Iowa Fiscal Partnership, Iowa Policy Project, Health Care, Water Quality, Mike Owen

How about that timing of worker pay report?

iowapolicypoints wrote 7 months ago: Mike Owen Timing is everything. Consider the announcement Tuesday by the Branstad administration of … more →

Tags: economic opportunity, energy-environment, Organization, Iowa Policy Project, Clean Water, Peter Fisher, Mike Owen, Public Workers, Governor Terry Branstad


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