I’ve been meaning to post another open discussion thread about Iowa politics. Here are links to a few recent Bleeding Heartland posts about this year’s campaigns:
I reported exclusively on U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ use of government funds to pay for radio advertising that emphasized GOP talking points.
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Against all the evidence to the contrary Iowa Republicans have been trying to make the case that inflation is primarily being driven by the government putting too much money into the hands of citizens and so increasing demand pressures, and at the same time their primary (pardon the pun) economic talking point for elections is to promise to further cut taxes putting more money into the hands of citizens which by their logic should increase inflation, is there a reason that you can see that Dems and our local press haven't raised this apparent contradiction? thanks
How much of your Iowa reporting is shaped by your father’s untimely passing while in litigation with ISU VP of Finance Warren Madden over the ISU Daily encroachment downtown to take advertising from the Ames Tribune?
Against all the evidence to the contrary Iowa Republicans have been trying to make the case that inflation is primarily being driven by the government putting too much money into the hands of citizens and so increasing demand pressures, and at the same time their primary (pardon the pun) economic talking point for elections is to promise to further cut taxes putting more money into the hands of citizens which by their logic should increase inflation, is there a reason that you can see that Dems and our local press haven't raised this apparent contradiction? thanks
How much of your Iowa reporting is shaped by your father’s untimely passing while in litigation with ISU VP of Finance Warren Madden over the ISU Daily encroachment downtown to take advertising from the Ames Tribune?