Posted on June 12, 2024 at 3:51 PM by Anne Discher
Iowans’ skills, labor, spending and innovation power our economy. Policy solutions that put people’s well-being first offer a pragmatic path...
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 November 7, 2023 at 3:00 PM by Anne Discher
This is a pivotal time. We’re less than two weeks away from a potential government shutdown. We averted the last...
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 September 28, 2023 at 9:35 AM by Anne Discher
We are likely just hours away from a federal government shutdown that will harm families, businesses and the nation’s economy.[1]...
Posted on August 31, 2023 at 5:42 PM by Anne Discher
This piece is adapted from remarks Common Good Iowa executive director Anne Discher made to the Iowa AFL-CIO convention in...
