September 2011
Iowa State Government Employment, 1975-2008
August 2011
Seven Principles of Sound Public Policy/Governing by Principle
July 2011
ObamaCare is Unconstitutional
May 2011
Economic Performance of Low-Tax vs. High-Tax States
March 2011
2008 Average Annual Wages in Private and State-Government Sectors, All States ("Pay Gap")
February 2011
State & Local Government Employees (per 10,000 population)
December 2010
ObamaCare is Unconstitutional
January 2010
Comparing Iowa to States Without a Personal Income Tax:
Personal Income
Personal Income Per Capita
Population
Non-Farm Payroll Employment
Gross State Product
July 2009
State & Local Government Employees (per 10,000 population)
February 2009
Iowa Population: 1968-2008
Rate of Inflation: 1968-2008
September 2007
After the Income Tax Cut: Iowa Personal Income Tax Collections
After the Income Tax Cut: Per Capita Personal Income
After the Income Tax Cut: Non-farm employees in Iowa
After the Income Tax Cut: Iowa Population
After the Income Tax Cut: Iowa's State Foundation Aid for K-12 Education
January 2007
Freezing the Rollback = Raising Taxes!
January 2006
Issue at a Glance -- Effects of a 50% Cut in State Income Tax
April 2005
Issue at a Glance -- Raising Iowa's Cigarette Tax
March 2005
Issue at a Glance -- Iowa's People's Right to Vote Constitutional Amendment
Issue at a Glance -- Giving Citizens the Right to Vote on Tax Increases
February 2005
Issue at a Glance -- State & Local Government Employees (per 10,000 population)
August 2004
Issue at a Glance -- Tax Increase
Issue at a Glance -- Health Care: The Uninsured
Issue at a Glance -- Health Savings Accounts
Issue at a Glance -- Prescription Drug Reimportation
Issue at a Glance -- State Government Employees (Pay Gap)
January 2004
Fact Sheet 04-01: Governor Vilsack Wants Iowa Taxpayers To Bail Out His Reckless Spending
December 2003
Fact Sheet 03-14: Iowa's State Budget: Fiscal Year 2004 Update
November 2003
Tables 1 and 2: Flat vs. Progressive and Postcard Taxes
Fact Sheet 03-13: Justice for Judges
October 2003
Fact Sheet 03-12: Social Security Reform and Union Households in Iowa
September 2003
Fact Sheet 03-10: Breathe Easier: Air Quality is Getting Better
Fact Sheet 03-11: Global Warming: Fact or Fiction?
July 2003
Table 1: Average Economic Growth in States Three Years After Tax Change, 1990s
May 2003
Fact Sheet 03-09: State Economic Development: A Review of the Literature
Economic Development Bibliography
April 2003
Fact Sheet 03-08: Tax Cuts Will Grow Iowa Economy; Economic Development Spending Will Not
Tables 1&2: Capital Gains Taxes and Economic Growth
Tables 3&4: State Debt and Economic Growth
Tables 5&6: Income Taxes and Economic Growth
Tables 7&8: Economic Development Spending and Economic Growth
March 2003
Economic Development Spending Won't Grow Iowa's Economy
February 2003
Iowa Tax Reform: Some Ideas Have Merit, But...
Iowa Tax Reform: But Some Do Not
Privatizing Iowa's Prisons
January 2003
Trimming Iowa's Budget, Part I
Trimming Iowa's Budget, Part II
Trimming Iowa's Budget, Part III
November 2002
The Crisis In Iowa's State Budget
September 2002
Percent Change in Iowa Budget and Various Budget Functions, FY 1999 - FY 2003, Revised
August 2002
Growth in Population, Inflation, and Spending in Vilsack's First Two Years
Trends in Iowa Budget, FY 1999 - FY 2003
Percent Change in Iowa Budget for Individual Fiscal Years
Percent Change in Iowa Budget and Various Budget Functions, FY 1999 - FY 2003
May 2002
Growth in Population, Inflation, and Spending
Iowa's Government Employee Pay Gap
Personal Income and Inheritance Tax Collections
Personal Income and Inheritance Tax Growth |