Archive for Taxes and Spending
Iowa’s Anti-Business Message
By Steve Schultz, OperationRedState.com
I sat down a couple of weeks ago and started my taxes. This is my second year with self-employment income so it takes a little more time totaling my business expenses and accurately reporting my income. This past year however, I spent a good chunk of it self-employed so I noticed some [...]
News Release: Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. House Candidate Dave Funk
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 4, 2010
Contact: Phil Kerpen or James Valvo (703) 224-3200
Americans for Prosperity Applauds U.S. House Candidate Dave Funk
-Signs No Climate Tax Pledge-
Washington, DC—The free market grassroots group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) today applauded Iowa U.S. House candidate Dave Funk (3rd District) for signing the group’s “No Climate Tax Pledge.” Funk joins more [...]
Funk Won’t Participate in Earmarks – Gibbons & Zaun Should Follow Suit
On March 1st, Erick Erickson wrote a great piece published on RedState.com entitled “No More Earmarxists”. I would like to expand on this article and point out how important it is here in the Third Congressional District Republican Primary that we all consider his points.
Government spending has created a dependency class on all levels of [...]
Why I am opposed to “Reasonable Recovery” AKA “Fair Share”
As a twenty-one year member of two different airline unions, a former committee member and someone who walked the picket line in 1998, I am uniquely qualified to speak out on the Iowa Right to Work laws.
As I listened to the various pro and con speakers Wednesday night at the Iowa Statehouse, one thing became [...]
The Impact of Tax Credits on Iowa Businesses
Last week, Senator Brad Zaun wrote a piece on the State of Iowa utilizing tax credits as the scapegoat for Iowa’s reckless spending habits. The Iowa Legislators has been spending too much money, which is the primary cause of our current shortfall, but I think steering the focus away from tax credits is premature. While they [...]
The Disease of Government Intervention
In a time when failed policy tells us the government just needs to get out, they have forced themselves to become much more than just the referees of our economy. They are now the fans, owners in some cases, coaching staff and have even stepped in to be the players. The government’s “I, I, I” [...]
Boswell Continues to Support Wasteful Spending
It is almost cliché. Leonard Boswell is completely out of touch with Iowa and District Three. It is almost weekly he has worked to help contrive another way to spend our money in the most reckless way possible. He would have had better luck in Vegas than in most of the endeavors where he has [...]
The Impact of Regulation on Your Financial Freedom
I keep hearing everyone say either, “Deregulate!” or “Re-regulate!” What do I not see them saying? I don’t see them offering any rational reason why one is better than the other. I don’t see them telling the people why they will personally benefit from either. When I see this happening, I again, go to the [...]
Dave Funk Press Release on Federal Government Intrusion & Failed Economic Policy
For Immediate Release:
Dave Funk, Candidate for Congress; Iowa-03 On Federal Government Intrusion and Failed Economic Policy
The US Government has invested billions into “job creating” activities. They’ve done a terrible job and have by-far cost us more than the tiny gains we may have made. I’ve noticed everyone running for office has been talking about jobs [...]
The Unfunded Mandate Called Job Creation
Last night I was thoroughly unimpressed with the State of the Union address. One issue President Obama mentioned was, of course, job creation. After all, he said he got the message from Massachusetts.
I’ve blogged about this over and over again and I’m not going to stop. Job creation is the biggest myth in the economy [...]