Archive for Taxes and Spending
From Housing to Carbon: Special Interests Rule
By Dave Funk, Congressional Candidate Iowa-03 and Steve Schultz, Operation Red State.com
It really is that simple. Right now President Obama and Senate Democrats plan to fix the environment via cap and trade (C&T). Well, C&T is not nearly as “honorable” as the left makes it out to be.
The economic crises we are now experiencing is [...]
Senate Hides Obama’s Energy Tax Bill from Debate
Yet another example of the left’s promised transparency. Senators Liebermann, Kerry and Graham have taken the Obama Energy Tax Bill and skipped taking it to a committee and handed it over to Senator Reid so when he deems the time is right, Reid can ram it down our throats and take more of our hard [...]
Dave Funk on Manufacturing
Dave Funk on Leonard Boswell’s Misuse of Tax Dollars
For Immediate Release
Dave Funk on Leonard Boswell’s Misuse of Tax Dollars
This past week we started noticing mailers popping up in mailboxes. A digital copy of which can be seen at www.congressneedsfunk.com/news, on the front is a wonderful picture of Leonard Boswell clapping with the words “Congress Leonard Boswell Creating Jobs For Iowa Families.” He then [...]
More Congressional Unintended Consequences
Many of you know from hearing my stump speeches that one of life’s great unsolved mysteries to me is how anyone elected to Congress suddenly becomes an expert on everything. The new federal guidelines for fines against the airlines for takeoff delayed flights, running $27,500 per passenger are a great example of Congressional stupidity. As a thirty-one [...]
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 [...]