We believe that these policies are the product of good midwestern common sense and reflect the values we Iowans place on building strong families and communities, taking care of our elderly and educating our youth.We communicate these views to federal policy makers and other opinion leaders especially Iowa's own Charles Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee.
If you agree with these views, we invite you to echo them in your correspondence with the Senator, as well as any other public officials who you are moved to contact.
If you wish to apply these views in your state, agency, firm or organization, please contact us using the link below. We are available for consulting services.
You will find our position papers, articles we have published and a selection of our past correspondence in the links below.
Headlines
The Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity provides the President's Advisory Panel on Tax Reform with comments on tax reform issues.
Iowa Center provides the President's Advisory Panel with comments recommending systematic reform.
Iowa Center releases revised report on Lessons Learned from the H-1B Program
Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity reacts to Tax Act of 2003
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Articles published elsewhere
Statement on Enron published in the Fall 2002 edition of Business Ethics (scroll down to the second statement)
Article published in the January 2003 edition of Labor and Corporate Governance, the PVS Monthly Review of Multi-employer Plan Proxy Issues. (PDF File) (HTML reprint)
Position Papers
The True Nature of the Social Security Crisis
Corporate Governance for ESOPs and Union-owned Firms
Pay Equity
Budget Process and Regulatory Reform
Improving Budget Execution
Health Care for Seniors
Medical Lines of Credit
Malpractice Reform
State and Local Finance
Government Reorganization (the latest plan - the first was sent to Grassley in 83)
How to Pick Better Bureaucrats
Election and Campaign Finance Reform
Employee and Union-owned Multinationals and Trade
Converting Socialist Enterprise to Employee Ownership
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Correspondence
Letter to Senator Grassley on President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security final recommendations, December 21, 2001
Comments to the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security (PCSSS) on the Nature of the Crisis, July 28, 2001
Comments to the PCSSS on Public Testimony, October 19, 2001
Comments to the PCSSS on Personal Accounts, October 2001
Comments to the Volker Commission on Civil Service Reform
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Consulting Services
The Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity provides consulting services to Unions and Employee Stock Ownership Plans, political parties, state medical societies, state governments and federal agencies. The following services are available:
- Board structure and management selection reform,
- Payroll system redesign,
- Pension reform,
- Health insurance cost control using medical lines of credit,
- Company training and education system redesign,
- Commercial Space Transportation System development and funding,
- Privatization services,
- Governmental budgeting systems development,
- Systematic redesign of tax structures,
- Development of statewide senior health care systems,
- Medical malpractice accountability and arbitration systems,
- Agency and state financial management system development,
- Election and campaign finance reform,
- Training and credentialing services for potential political appointees,
- Civil service management and leave reform,
- Public agency reorganization,
- Economic analyses of currency markets for transfer pricing, and
- Regulatory constituent service systems reform.
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Leadership Conferences
The Iowa Center for Fiscal Equity will hold a series of leadership conferences on the issues of the day.Opinion leaders for the various perspectives, government officials, congressional staff and the media will be invited to examine several issues from a fresh perspective, with the goal of seeking a viable solution. The following issues will be discussed:
- Creation of Personal Retirement Accounts in Social Security and their impact on the workplace,
- The economic impact of regulation, governmental spending and fiscal policy on the various federal regions,
- Election and campaign finance reform,
- The impact of various tax reform proposals on abortion, the aging crisis and the funding of state and local government programs,
- Organizing faith-based organizations to provide vocational education, TANF casework, mental health, drug and alcohol treatment, corrections, and retiree health care and annuities.
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Contact the Center
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