Iowa Taxes: Regressin' With Yepsen
The Overrated One on the school sales tax today:
The 1-cent local-option sales tax for local schools should be made a statewide tax. Only two counties don't have it...
Johnson County being one. We've never voted on it, but in `99 when we voted on the local option sales tax, it was overwhelmingly rejected.
...so it's clear the vast majority of Iowa voters support the need for school construction.
As do the vast majority of Johnson County voters. Witness the huge YES votes for school construction bonds in Iowa City (2003), Solon (2000), and Lone Tree (2001).
This tax is one way to do that without raising Iowa's already-high property taxes. Districts that don't need buildings could lower their property taxes.
In other words, shift the tax burden from property owners to lower income folks.
How about local option INCOME tax instead?
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