Comments on: Sick and Tired

By: kosmo

kosmo — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:13:53 +0000

Of course, it’s not as if Iowa’s income tax rates are particularly low to begun with. I pay considerably more state income tax in Iowa than I did when I lived in Illinois – because the rates are much higher. The top rate in Iowa is 9%, compared to a flat 3% in Illinois.

Iowa taxes internet sales, but only those sales to residents of Iowa. Luckily for me, “Items delivered to the purchaser electronically or digitally are exempt from tax.” This is nice, because it means that I don’t have the hassle of dealing with sales tax at the Store
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By: Martin Kelly

Martin Kelly — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:10:05 +0000

Evan, if we reduced some of the programs that we can not afford, those employee costs would drop. Now I am not advocating a wholesale cut of government employees, but a slow down in hiring and cutting the jobs that are “non-essencial” just like any business that is short of income should be benificial to all levels of government.

Squeaky, sad to hear that Colorado is going down that path. Here in Iowa, the tax increases are harder to get passed. Good old fashion farmer conservatism. The attitude of a lot of legilators is pretty sad; times are good so increase spending, times are bad so increase taxes.
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By: Squeaky

Squeaky — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:22 +0000

Hey Martin, watch for my article on Thursday. You SAY you’re not a Libertarian but you may be surprised. I seem to have very similar opinions that you have and I have a little Libertarian in me. That SHOCKED me, but it’s true.

BTW, we’re seeing these same issues in Colorado. The governor just signed a bill that imposes a tax on food, candy, soda and (an irritant of mine)…internet sales tax. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH. They need more money so they’re hitting the tax payers even though the economy is down. NOT the right time for new taxes…common sense tells us that.
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By: Evan @40Tech.com

Evan @40Tech.com — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:28 +0000

The biggest problem, at least where I live, is that the vast majority of the budget is employee costs (healthcare, pensions, salary, etc.). Most other areas of the budget would barely put a dent in keeping costs down, unfortunately.
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