Independent Analysis and Information on Iowa Tax and Budget Issues

Food security improved for low-income Americans following improvements in SNAP (formerly Food Stamps) in the Recovery Act.
See report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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4/29/2003
The Merits of a Cigarette Tax, with Alternative Tax Offsets

Reducing taxes on retirement income to compensate for a cigarette tax increase would create new equity problems, but policy makers could ease those problems with other alternatives.

Read the press release and full report.
A joint effort of the Iowa Policy Project and the Child & Family Policy Center (logos).