Whether we are in a rural community or in the suburbs of one of Iowa’s great cities, more and more of us are unable to afford the medicines we need to manage our health. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst keeps claiming to care about the high cost of prescription drugs, saying she is fighting for Iowans, … Read more
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
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
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
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
We need to let our Members of Congress and the President know that we want to move forward not backward when it comes to OUR healthcare! We need to let them know that millions of Americans, including Iowa small business owners, their employees, their families, as well as farmers and the self-employed could finally get … Read more
It seems that politicians often speak FOR Main Street businesses, farmers and the self employed. We believe that it is more important to be LISTENED TO! Immigration has become a huge issue in the United States and it is a big issue here in Iowa. At the Main Street Alliance, we’d like to better understand … Read more
The Senate voted May 16, 2018 to pass a measure that would repeal changes to net neutrality rules that were recently adopted by the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission. Noticeably voting against Main Street, entrepreneurs and Iowa’s farmers were Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst. The measure, which was backed by all 49 Democrats and 3 … Read more
In Washington, DC and Des Moines politicians are continually banging the drum about small business and what they need and want. At the Main Street Alliance we think you should be telling THEM what’s important! The Main Street Alliance creates opportunities for small business owners, the self-employed, farmers and entrepreneurs to speak for themselves to … Read more
Iowa’s Senior Senator, Chuck Grassley, thinks that getting rid of the estate tax will help people who are investing instead of everyday Iowans. Apparently he thinks we should be working harder instead of “just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze or women or movies.” Tuesday, December 5th at 5 pm we … Read more