Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

The highest-paid Iowans have to work 3 weeks per year to pay their state and local tax obligation (5.8% of income). The lowest-paid Iowans have to work twice as long to do the same (10.6% of income).
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Federal Budget Analysis
 
10/25/07
Kids' Health Insurance Future in Balance
House Considers New Bid on SCHIP Expansion

The U.S. House today is expected to vote on a new proposal to expand health insurance to millions more of American children. A bipartisan drive in Congress has attempted to expand the 10-year-old State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to reach more kids in low- to moderate-income working families who otherwise would not have insurance. SCHIP now reaches 37,000 Iowa children, a figure that would grow significantly under the legislation. Read the backgrounder on SCHIP facts and a guest opinion in the Iowa City Press-Citizen. Our press release sets the record straight on inaccurate claims about access for undocumented immigrants. Also read the one-page backgrounder (Sept. 25) about what's at stake for Iowa, and Sept. 19 press release.

SCHIP catches kids crowded out of insurance. Read the two-page backgrounder.
Shortfalls have become the norm for Iowa in SCHIP funding — Congress and the White House are deciding whether that will continue. Read the two-page backgrounder.
Recent Developments: Sen. Grassley has not been happy with the President's remarks about SCHIP. Read the Des Moines Register story. Neither is Gov. Culver. Read the Governor's press release and letter to President Bush.
 
9/13/07
Stopping Erosion with the Farm Bill
It's a problem for more than soil — Food Stamps, too
 
6/27/2007
Making Room for Kids' Health (pdf)
Analysis Shows More Iowa Cuts in Proposed Bush Budget
 
2/21/2007
Adding up the Minuses
Analysis Shows More Iowa Cuts in Proposed Bush Budget
 
2/20/2007
Iowa on 'SCHIP' Short List
Current Shortfall for hawk-i -- Future Stability in Doubt
 
5/25/2006
Reality: Death and Taxes
Facts for the Coming Debate on the Estate Tax
 
5/10/2006
Cheating on Taxes (pdf)
Congress Finds Loopholes to Pass Tax Cuts, Increase Deficits
 
4/21/2006
Red Ink (pdf)
A Deep Hole of Debt: Washington's Legacy to Young Iowans
 
4/5/2006
S.O.S.- SCHIP in Distress (pdf)
Shorting hawk-i in the U.S. House Budget Committee's Plan
 
2/23/2006
Hidden Sacrifice (pdf)
Analysis Discovers Big Cuts Ahead for Iowa
 
12/12/2005
On the Chopping Block (pdf)
Outline of Iowa Beneficiaries and Threats to Federal Services
 
7/1/2005
For Richer, For Poorer (pdf)
Budget Mismatch: Tax Cuts for Rich, Food Cuts for Vulnerable
 
6/17/2005
Food Stamps: A 7 percent Solution? (pdf)
Applying President Bush's Standard to Congress' Food Stamp Cuts
 
5/6/2005
Unbalanced Bottom Line (pdf)
A Quick Look at Implications for Iowa in the Federal Budget
 
5/5/2005
Beyond Medicaid Spin: Real Cuts to Real People (pdf)
 
3/30/2005
Unbalanced Approach Puts Iowa Services at Stake
New Analysis Shows Iowa Impacts of Budget Proposals in Congress
 
2/22/2005
Warning to Iowa: Half-a-billion in Federal Cuts Proposed
New report fills in gaps of Bush budget through 2010
 
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