Hamburger and Fries

Check out the NEW report: Aggravating Inequality Two years ago this month, Congress passed and the President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The bill showered huge tax breaks on corporations and wealthy individuals, while doing little for most working families. The bottom fifth of Iowa taxpayers gained on average about enough for … Read more

Tax Cuts NOT Working for Iowans!

Tax March IOWA Week of Education | Digital Toolkit December 16 – 20, 2019  Ignoring overwhelming opposition from the American people, Congress passed the GOP Tax Scam — giving massive tax breaks to millionaires and wealthy corporations at the expense of middle-class families. This Christmas, Tax March Iowa will remind our elected officials that the … Read more

Got Insulin?

We need voices that can help elevate the imperative that Big Pharma face their moral responsibility to lower the costs of insulin and other prescription medicines that millions of people depend on. We need to tell Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley that they MUST pass comprehensive reforms that by-pass Big Pharma’s excuses for price-gouging … Read more

How’s that Tax Law Working for You?

Are you tired of the rich getting all the tax breaks? If you fill out the form below, we’ll print it onto a postcard for you to be delivered later this year to Senator Ernst. Here is the text of some of the postcards we’ve already collected: You ran on a call for more fair … Read more

A View from Iowa’s Main Streets and Rural Roads

Click HERE for a peek at our Main Street Alliance of Iowa Candidate Briefing book! Small business owners and farmers know what it’s like to struggle to make ends meet. They also vote. Small businesses and family farms aren’t like big businesses.  To prosper, they need thriving communities and policies that support quality jobs. They are … Read more

Tax March Iowa!

We’re excited to be the Tax March Iowa Chapter! Tax March started as an actual march and is now a movement working to show lawmakers and presidential candidates that we want the wealthy to pay their fair share. We know that our tax code is wildly unbalanced. We’re determined to show policymakers that taxing the … Read more

Surprises from your insurance company?

It can be shocking.  You go to the doctor or you’re in the hospital and you assume that the health coverage you have been paying for will cover whatever needs you have.  Then wham, you receive a notice from your insurance company that they are denying your claim. Has this happened to you?  We want … Read more

We’re Hiring!!

Iowa Citizen Action Network Job Announcement Part-Time Temporary Statewide Organizer (primary focus Tax March Iowa) Click on TM Job Post for a PDF of the posting To apply, e-mail a cover letter, résumé and references to: sdinsdale@iowacan.org  with subject line: Tax March Organizer Position Overview: Iowa Citizen Action Network (501(c)(4)) and Iowa Citizen Action Network Education Fund … Read more

Here We Go Again!

It’s baaaack… Senator Joni Ernst, along with Mike Lee of Utah, are rebooting her idea to raid Social Security to pay for parental leave. At first glance, this might seem like a good idea, but experts agree that it is a very bad one. Even though it would not require new taxes, parents who use … Read more

Presidential Campaign Events

Along with a coalition of progressive organizations, Iowa Citizen Action Network is partnering with Now This News, to put on a series of events with Presidential candidates*. Our goal is to make sure that family economic issues are front and center in Iowa and during the campaign. Each event will feature a Presidential candidate speaking with a small group … Read more