At 12:17 PM 3/2/02 -0600, you wrote: >About 150 attended a Black Hawk County public forum Friday afternoon. When >I made my opening remarks, I posed several questions and requested a show of >hands. > >1) How many of you can tell me how much more money you're keeping as a >result of the income tax cut we passed three years ago? > >No hands went up. > >2) How many remember GETTING that income tax cut? > >A half-dozen hands were raised. > >3) Would you be willing to suspend that tax cut until we get the state >budget back in the black? > >All but three people raised their hands. > >A little food for thought... > > >--Bill Witt > >-----Original Message----- >From: Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jane Clark >Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 8:17 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Cutting taxes > >Posted by Jane Clark at [log in to unmask] > >Legis.News -- Inside the Iowa Legislature, March 1, 2002 >By House Democratic Leader Dick Myers >************************************************************* >QUOTE OF THE WEEK > >"We tried to cut taxes so (the state) would have no money -- and it's >working." >Republican Jamie Van Fossen, House Ways & Means Chair, 2/26/02 > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >For SC email list T-and-C, send: GET TERMS-AND-CONDITIONS.CURRENT >to [log in to unmask] > >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: >[log in to unmask] I will be away from campus until Thursday, March 7. I will reply to your message as soon as I can upon my return. Thank you. -Flo Hamrick. Florence A. Hamrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Higher Education Iowa State University N232 Lagomarcino Ames, IA 50011 Voice: 515-294-9628 Fax: 515-294-4942 Email: [log in to unmask] Florence A. Hamrick, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Higher Education Iowa State University N232 Lagomarcino Ames, IA 50011 Voice: 515-294-9628 Fax: 515-294-4942 Email: [log in to unmask]