[HereInTheHeartland]

It sounds like you are a good builder and will be there when things turn around.

This election is hugely important. We would be seeing a much different economic picture by now if the government didn't have it's foot on the throats of business.

Some areas such as mine are slowly recovering even with all of what is going on. Our recovery would be much faster with a different group in power.

[PeterPrinciple]

The major help in the Iowa economy is agriculture. This year farmers will think they are poor because of the poor crop (even with crop insurance) and not be spending as much. The new tax law has taken away a lot of their year end spending for machinery and buildings.