[ovrtaxt]

Eighty-five percent of voters in three Iowa counties voted against a ballot initiative to implement a 1 percent local-option sales tax increase.

THANK YOU!! A perfect example of why sales taxes are prefereable to taxation of income- because WE THE PEOPLE control the game. Beautiful!

Politicians hate this-- HAHA.

[Darkwolf377]

dubbed the “Destiny Tax” by supporters

Why don't these morons just cut the pretense and dub all these the "You're A Bad Person If You Vote Against This Tax"?

[FreedomPoster]

Nice good news about GA in there.

Good job, Iowans, for voting down another tax.

In my county, people voted in a local option sales tax, with the promise of a property tax freeze. Bad idea.

Two things have happened, that pretty well negate that. First, the relief only affected county general fund property tax, and not school tax, which has continued to increase. Second, while millage rate on the general fund property tax has stayed level, valuations have increased substantially, and taxes along with it.

Don’t believe promises of “we’ll reduce other taxes”, on a new tax, without really careful consideration.

[raybbr]

The saga of this proposed tax increase, dubbed the “Destiny Tax” by supporters, demonstrates the sheer ignorance ingrained in many elected officials of the factors necessary to create economic growth.

No it doesn't. To them higher taxes represent economic growth - theirs.

[sergeantdave]

” The fliers promised . . . trails! 300 miles of connected trails!”

These trails offer unlimited opportunities for littering, crime, trespass and destruction of private property.

Then when you call the sheriff after finding your property has been trashed, the deputies thrown up their arms and tell you they don’t have the manpower to patrol these crime magnets. And all the hippies and eco-fascists who push these trails are no where to be found picking up the tons of trash or repairing broken fences and replanting snapped trees.

We’re starting to solve the problem of these socialist trails here by simply erecting fencing across the trails. When these communists and their DNR lackeys come along and seize property for trails they forget one simple thing - paying compensation. (They want the property for free.) So far, the state courts are siding with the property owners and closing large sections of trails.

[goldstategop]

This is a very liberal area. Des Moines voted NO to a tax increase. Will the message sink in with Congressional Democrats? I don't think they pay attention to Iowa.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus