| The Iowa Policy Project's reports have led to hundreds of print and media broadcast stories. The news and op-ed sections of Iowa's major dailies and weeklies give regular attention to Iowa Policy Project research. Findings with a national impact have also been reported in national outlets, including Business Week, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. |
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| October 18 , 2011 |
| State and local government is a large and important part of the state economy. And it is the only part that our legislators have real control over. Guest Opinion. |
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| October 5 , 2011 |
| If Coralville's plans to pirate Von Maur from Iowa City do not make abundantly clear the need to reform Iowa's TIF law, nothing will. Guest Opinion. |
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| September 17, 2011 |
| To deal with the federal debt debate, one must avoid the distractions and forget about silver-bullet, easy-answer "solutions." Start with a firm foundation of facts, then move forward. What are the pertinent facts about national deficits and debt? Guest Opinion. |
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| September 12, 2011 |
| In developing a health insurance exchange, the task for Iowa lawmakers is to craft a marketplace that attracts consumers and maintains a level playing field to benefit everyone — not just Wellmark. Guest Opinion. |
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| August 20, 2011 |
| Sound budgeting principles demand that tax credits are targeted and easy to police, benefit the broader community or economy, and have reasonably accurate cost estimates. The vetoed increase in the Earned Income Tax Credit would have met those standards. Guest Opinion. |
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| August 16, 2011 |
| Lessons for today's policy makers from the experience of Iowa's native-born President. Guest Opinion. |
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| August 12, 2011 |
| The "comprehensive and holistic" approach the Governor wants for taxes invited his signing of an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, not a veto. Guest Opinion. |
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| August 10, 2011 |
| Are we willing to adopt public policy that helps low- and moderate-income working families and the Iowa economy? Guest Opinion. |
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| In May 2003, The Des Moines Register editorial board noted IPP's contribution to broadening the tax and economic policy debate in Iowa: |
"One of the few Iowa groups with the courage to challenge the pervasive tax-cut myth is the Iowa Policy Project, a think tank based in Mount Vernon. It issued a report last week based on a survey of the economic literature on the effect of state tax policies on economic growth. Among the conclusions: Cuts in the individual income tax can actually discourage economic growth if they cause a deterioration of public services." |
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