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Tax Education Briefs Archive

June 2013
 
Is the Fiscal Crisis Over?
May 2013
 
The Most Ideological President
April 2013
 

We Need a Less Complex Federal Tax Code
 

March 2013
 

The Sequester and the Urgent
Need for Limited Government

 

February 2013
 

A Spending Problem, Not a Tax Problem
 

January 2013
 
Big Government is the Cause of Our Problems and Not Grover Norquist
 
December 2012

What Happens if we
Fall Off the “Fiscal Cliff”?

 

November 2012

Lessons from the No Income Tax States

 

October 2012

Should We Consider a
Return to the Gold Standard?

 

September 2012

The Most Avoidable Recession
 

August 2012

The Obama Economic Debacle
 

July 2012

Iowa Taxpayers Must
be Aware of Taxmageddon

 

June 2012

The Economic Uncertainty Continues
 

May 2012 A Guide to Capitalism
for Concerned Citizens

 
April 2012 Is the United States in Economic Decline?
 
March 2012

Iowa’s in the Top 10 list
– But Not the Good One!

 

February 2012
 
Will the Economic Uncertainty
Continue in 2012?

 
January 2012
 
What is Supply-Side Economics?
December 2011

The Christmas Tree Tax: A Symbol of President Barack Obama’s Administration
 

November 2011

The Battle for the
GOP Presidential Nomination is
Bringing Tax Reform Front and Center

 

October 2011 More Stimulus Spending and
Tax Increases are Policy Mistakes

 
September 2011 How to Restore the Economy
with Sound Economic Principles

 
August 2011 A Spending Problem, Not a Tax Problem
 
July 2011

Can We Tax “The Rich”
Enough to Pay Down the U.S. Debt?

 

June 2011 Barry Goldwater and a
Conservative View of Taxation

 
May 2011 Tax Increases Will Not Solve the Budget and Debt Crisis
 
April 2011

The Growing Burden of Paying our Federal Income Taxes
 

March 2011

A Supply-Side Solution
Based on Limited Government

 

February 2011
 
Ronald Reagan’s Common Sense
January 2011 A Business Solution for Economic Recovery
 
December 2010

I’ll Start that Diet Tomorrow!
 

November 2010 Renewing the Bush Tax Cuts is Crucial for Economic Recovery for Iowa and the Nation
 
October 2010 No One Should Be
Judge in His Own Cause

 
September 2010 The Economy and the
Future of the Bush Tax Cuts

 
August 2010 Low Taxes, Less Spending and Regulation is Essential to Restoring Business Confidence
 
July 2010
 
Who Me? Raise Taxes? Never! 
June 2010 Tax and Spending Reform is Key for Recovery and Future Economic Growth 
 
May 2010
 
Don’t Add the Value-Added Tax (VAT) to our Tax Burden
 
April 2010
 
Is There Flour in That “Candy?”  The Iowa Department of Revenue Wants to Know!
 
March 2010 The Case for Supply-Side Economics
 
February 2010 A Good Idea from
Our Neighbors to the North

 
January 2010

Tax and Spend…
Tax and Spend…Borrow and Spend

 

December 2009

The HAPPY Act? 
I’d be Happier with Tax Reform

 

November 2009

Tax and Spending Reform
as a Moral Issue

 

October 2009

A Need for Fiscal Responsibility
 

September 2009 How Do We Solve a Revenue Problem
and Create Economic Prosperity?
The Answer is Tax Cuts

 
August 2009

Taxing Small Businesses Out of Business
 

July 2009

A Return to Normalcy: Why Presidents Harding and Coolidge Still Matter
 

June 2009
 
SILO is local no more, is the Local Option Sales Tax next?
 
May 2009 Paying Taxes is a Pain!
 
April 2009

Elected Officials need to
Remember “No” means “No”

 

March 2009 Do You Know What's in the Stimulus?
 
February 2009

The Case for Tax Cuts
 

January 2009

"Do Over!  Do Over!"
 

December 2008

The United States Does
Not Need Another New Deal:

Excessive Taxation and Regulation is not the Solution
 

November 2008 Understanding the Government
 
October 2008 Isn’t what is good for the citizen good for the government?
 
September 2008 Prioritize Spending, Don’t Increase Taxes
 
August 2008 Changing the Tax System:
Comparing the Flat Tax with the Fair Tax

 
July 2008 “Security Against Excess”:  
A State Retail Sales Tax

 
June 2008 I owe, I owe, so off to work I go……
 
May 2008

Does Iowa Have the World’s
Highest Corporate Income Tax?

 

April 2008

Mellon’s Principles of Taxation
 

March 2008 Promises, Promises
 
February 2008

Improving Iowa’s Business Tax Climate
 

January 2008 No New Taxes: Are 2007 Actions A
          Prophecy for 2008?

 
December 2007 The Grinch Who Stole . . . my free lunch!
 
November 2007 The Alternative Minimum Tax: 
           A Growing Burden on
           Middle Class Americans

 
October 2007 The Flat Tax: A Shock and Awe
           Economic Plan That Works

 
September 2007 Protecting the People’s Voice
 
August 2007 Our Destiny Lies NOT in Tax Trickery