Uber drivers, lobbyists and even a recent candidate for governor were among those who had a chance to publicly vent about Iowa taxes during a public hearing at the state capitol. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has proposed a plan that ultimately would cut taxes by 300 million dollars a year. House Republicans are using that plan, focused on cuts for individuals, as a template, but haven’t revealed their own bill yet. Ann Discher of the Iowa Child and Family Policy Center says state tax cuts don’t make sense because the state is “already struggling to keep up” with its obligations.

 

Jon Dunwell, a businessman from Newton, says it’s been 20 years since Iowa income taxes were reduced.

 

More than a handful of those who spoke were from banks or credit unions — institutions that are feuding over a SENATE G-O-P plan that would impose a new income tax some of the largest credit unions in the state………………..