Hurrah. The Republicans got their tax cuts. Corporate tax rates dropped. The top income tax rate has been reduced. Now …
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Al Seabrooke Letters to the Editor Jan. 4, 2018 12:00 am2970d ago
Hurrah. The Republicans got their tax cuts. Corporate tax rates dropped. The top income tax rate has been reduced. Now …
Laddie Oliver Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2018 12:00 am2971d ago
Those unnecessary multiple pile ups on snow covered highways can be blamed on drivers. One or more people can take …
Rene Gadelha
Letters to the Editor Jan. 3, 2018 12:00 am2971d ago
New Year, new mind-set, right? For many, every Jan. 1 causes us to consider ways to improve our lives. We …
Steve Feller
Letters to the Editor Jan. 2, 2018 12:00 am2972d ago
When good people don’t speak out evil flourishes. I object to our president’s nastiness to politicians who disagree with him. …
Brandon Gordon
Letters to the Editor Jan. 2, 2018 12:00 am2972d ago
Small businesses like mine (a computer repair business) here in Iowa will suffer if net neutrality is not preserved. A …
Robert Bernard
Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2018 12:00 am2973d ago
Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) are damaging our environment, including water quality, throughout Iowa. Over the last 15 years or …
Joan Seeber
Letters to the Editor Jan. 1, 2018 12:00 am2973d ago
For years, Sen. Chuck Grassley pushed the elimination of the estate tax by falsely asserting it harmed Iowa family farms. …
Dann Myers
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2017 12:00 am2974d ago
Now that the new and improved tax package has been approved and jammed down our throats, I have but one …
Henry Royer
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2017 12:00 am2974d ago
Scott Ramspott’s Dec. 21 letter ‘Raising taxes on credit unions a step backward” is in error. The original charters of …
Marv Rops
Letters to the Editor Dec. 31, 2017 12:00 am2974d ago
The Sun Valley area has a ‘canyon” runoff problem that the city council, its engineers and consultants are not addressing. …
Tom Jacobson
Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2017 12:00 am2975d ago
The effort by right-wing media and politicians to disparage Robert Mueller, the Russian investigation, and the FBI is a disgusting …
Robin Skogman
Letters to the Editor Dec. 30, 2017 12:00 am2975d ago
I respect our police officers and appreciate their hard work and often dangerous work. However, I fail to understand how …
Crystal Starlin and Carrie Galvan
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2017 6:51 am2976d ago
Rena Conti’s Dec. 18 column ‘340B effort is in need of reforms” mischaracterizes the 340B drug discount program and undervalues …
Shirley Burnett
Letters to the Editor Dec. 29, 2017 6:51 am2976d ago
What if Russia bought President Donald Trump’s outstanding loans from the bank that held them? What if Russia used this …
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