Democrats who’re running for governor — along with a key Republican legislator — are questioning the 20-million dollars in state tax breaks that Apple is getting for building new data centers in central Iowa. Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell, a Democratic candidate for governor, says it’s not a good deal for Iowa taxpayers.
Republican Pat Grassley, the state representative who is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, tweeted last week that he is “not convinced” the Apple deal is a “good value for Iowa taxpayers.”
State Senator Nate Boulton of Des Moines — another Democrat running for governor — says Governor Reynolds prioritizes corporations over actual job growth.
Boulton says that’s why the state budget had to be pared twice last spring — and the emergency funds had to be used as well to make the budget balance.
