Liberty Iowa

06/29/2018

This, THIS is the latest episode of The Swamp, Episode 4. This is the episode where Congressman Rod Blum talks about Term Limits.

Our previous post linked to the wrong video, but every episode has been spot on so far. You should check them all out.

06/28/2018

Do you support Term Limits? Congressman Rod Blum does.

Check out his comments in the latest episode of "The Swamp".

05/11/2018

Watch the latest episode of "The Swamp" with Congressman Rod Blum.

04/10/2018

Check out Congressman Rod Blum in Episode 1 of "The Swamp".

03/12/2018

"Since Polk County didn’t approve the 17 percent sales tax increase, voters in Dallas County should go back to the polls in November and repeal theirs."

h/t Jonas Cutler

Part of the sell Dallas County voters heard was that Polk was going to pass the same sales tax increase.

03/12/2018

The City of Des Moines wasted no time in raising property tax rates after the recent failure to enact a local option sales tax.

The city wants more of your money, any way they can get it.

Efforts to make downtown streets safer for cyclists and rivers more attractive for reaction could be put on hold.

03/05/2018

"Over one hundred thousand dollars have been spent in ads on television, internet and glossy mailers to convince you that regressive taxes are super awesome."

Look who's on the list of donors behind the campaign to add a local option sales tax in Polk County--some of the wealthiest corporations and landowners in the Des Moines metro, including several members of the Des Moines City Council.

If you live in Polk County, don't forget to vote NO tomorrow.

Heather Ryan: The local option sales tax would help well-off property owners and burden cash-strapped Polk County residents, especially women.

02/24/2018

Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa Senate Republicans want to extend the Sales Tax to ALL of your online purchases, and eliminate the deductibility of your federal taxes on your state tax return, under the guise that they will then lower the tax rates.

Even the Democrats are onboard with parts of the tax proposal--which is a BAD sign.

"Sen. Pam Jochum, D-Dubuque, said there are provisions in the Senate GOP's plan that she embraces, such as increasing the collection of online sales taxes and eliminating federal deductibility."

If we just eliminated Iowa's income tax altogether, federal deductibility wouldn't even be an issue. State government doesn't have any more right to confiscate the first fruits of your labor than does the federal government. The Income Tax was designed to tax Profit & Gain. Wages are not gain.

"I want to create a strong economy by reducing Iowa’s income tax rates and simplifying Iowa’s income tax system," the bill's manager said.

12/29/2017

"State lawmakers should take time to review the extensive list of Iowa boards and commissions. It was, after all, none other than lawmakers who required the creation of nearly 200 of them. Any entity not currently serving an important purpose should be eliminated."

On one state commission, six of seven positions are vacant

11/21/2017

"The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the department has made the decision to decline renewing its agreement for Automated Traffic Enforcement, effective December 18th, 2017."

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that the department has made the decision to decline renewing its agreement for Automated Traffic Enforcement.

09/13/2017

"Mr. Paul pressed for the repeal vote, in a strange bedfellows alliance with Senator Tim Kaine, the Virginia Democrat who was his party’s vice-presidential nominee last year. But the effort failed when senators voted 61 to 36 to set the measure aside, rather than include it in the annual defense policy bill that senators are considering this week."

In a battle between Republican isolationists and interventionists, the Senate rejected Senator Rand Paul’s push to end the military force declaration passed after 9/11.