Opinion: Iowa taxpayers deserve constitutional protection against higher taxes

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : States that have a supermajority requirement are diverse in terms of their political culture.
53% : Iowa is in competition for both jobs and people and tax rates matter, and a mass exodus is taking place in high tax states such as Minnesota and California.
52% : Also, The Des Moines Register poll found that 62% of Iowans support gradually eliminating the income tax.
50% : Further, if a future legislature wants to increase the income tax, then it will have to either build a consensus or have supermajority control of both chambers.
49% : Iowa's fiscal foundation remains strong as a result of conservative budgeting and prudent tax reforms.
44% : Currently, 17 states have some form of supermajority requirement for tax increases, including seven with that protection enshrined in their constitutions.

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