Posted on May 9, 2024 at 10:27 AM by Mike Owen
The old saying is "a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money." So how...
Posted on April 17, 2024 at 5:48 PM by Mike Owen
Truth in advertising: ‘Flat tax’ boosts only the wealthy PDF A proposed constitutional amendment, SJR 2004, would enshrine inequity in...
Posted on March 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM by Mike Owen
Iowa lawmakers are missing a great opportunity. They could be meeting right now on legislation to restore the equity we...
Posted on February 28, 2024 at 12:34 PM by Mike Owen
Research Activities Credit subsidies pass $800 million mark in 14 years Why should companies reporting profits in the billions receive...
Posted on January 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM by Mike Owen
(This blog is drawn from messages in a presentation by CGI Deputy Director Mike Owen for an Interfaith Alliance of...
Posted on January 1, 2024 at 12:00 AM by Mike Owen
It has now been 16 years since Iowa last signaled that our state values work in one of the most...
Posted on October 13, 2023 at 12:47 PM by Mike Owen
Iowa’s Revenue Estimating Conference confirmed Thursday what we’ve known for many months: Tax cuts reduce state revenue. And that means...
Posted on July 26, 2023 at 5:40 PM by Mike Owen
Riders on RAGBRAI, the annual statewide bicycle ride across Iowa sponsored by The Des Moines Register, are peddling on a...
Posted on April 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM by Mike Owen
SNAP and Medicaid not only boost low-income families with federal funds, but local and state economies as well. That's one...
Posted on March 3, 2023 at 12:02 PM by Mike Owen
The road is closed, the bridge is out, and tax-cut-obsessed legislators are stepping on the gas. Already, Iowans started the...
