Florida Primary   

By Steffen Schmidt

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Steffen Schmidt is a University Professor of Political Science at Iowa State University and the Chief Political Correspondent for InsiderIowa.com. He is the lead author of the country's most widely adopted introductory college textbook, "American Government and Politics Today." He provides weekly political analysis for The Des Moines Register, and periodically in Spanish for CNN en Español.

Commercial Taxes, Economic Growth, and Tax Reform   

By Dave Swenson 

It is taken as an article of faith that Iowa is a high tax state, and that its high taxes impede economic growth. The chief tax offender, it is often argued, is the commercial property tax, though the state’s personal and corporate income tax system is often maligned, too. MORE

Dave Swenson is a long-time analyst of Iowa political, social, and economic issues. He is a staff research economist at Iowa State University and a community and regional economics analyst and educator. He also teaches planners (those nefarious agents of totalitarian control) how to do economic things in their profession at both Iowa State University and The University of Iowa.  

What Means Means by the numbers - dedicated to tax returns made public   

By Arnie Arnesen

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D. Arnie Arnesen is a radio and TV commentator based in New Hampshire. She has lectured at Harvard, Dartmouth, UNH, SNHU, Vermont Law School, St. Olaf and other colleges. She is a former NH Legislator and a former democratic nominee for Governor and Congress. Arnie has been a Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics at Harvard and has trainied women who want to run for office throughout the United States and future NH Leaders. You can hear Arnie every Wednesday on Talk of Iowa on IowaPublicRadio.org and every Friday on the Dan Mitchell Show on WKBKam.com. politicalchowder@gmail.com  

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