More Taxes, More Government: The Left's Playbook for Iowa This Fall

Chris Hagenow and John Hendrickson are back in the Hendrickson Library for a wide-ranging episode — and opposition to the constitutional amendment is starting to emerge, which means it's time to sharpen the arguments.Chris leads with the amendment, because voices on the left are now claiming that protecting income taxes from a simple majority vote will somehow cause other taxes to go up. Chris and John take that argument apart piece by piece, drawing on Iowa's own recent history to show why the premise doesn't hold. The real lesson: every time someone argues Iowa will inevitably need to raise more revenue, they're making the case for why this protection needs to be in the Constitution.From there, the conversation turns to local government and the ongoing fallout from the property tax reform law. The city of Dubuque's complaint about a $200 million drop in taxable value gets a close reading. Bond elections are on the horizon in Johnson County and Urbandale, both for law enforcement facilities.The episode closes with a look at the Sand-Muhlbauer ticket's "local control" messaging tour and what it actually means: they want local governments to be able to keep raising property taxes.0:00 Welcome & headset chaos1:57 Trivia4:34 Amendment one: opposition is emerging6:00 The "other taxes will go up" argument9:48 Distrust of government13:41 Dubuque and the property tax bill backlash15:10 The inflation argument18:57 Bond elections24:28 Sand-Muhlbauer "local control" tour29:43 John's immigration debate with Vance Ginn30:58 John's Herbert Hoover Library visit & sign off