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15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa’s small busines... · 0 replies · +1 points

Please fact check a couple of things....
1) The indexing. The amount of credit is reduced greatly as employers exceed 10 employees and $25,000 in average earnings.
2) The choice. Employers will have a choice. The credit or the deduction as a business expense. This coupled with the indexing will force many eligible employers to pass on the credit and take the deduction as the have in the past.

It seems to me that this is a "looks and sounds good" credit, but in reality only a handful of businesses will get any benefit from it. Here is a link I have been using to a calculator to determine the credit. http://www.nfib.com/issues-elections/healthcare/c...

15 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Interstate 380 speed c... · 4 replies · 0 points

Maybe the problem is the curve?

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - 12-year-old killed in ... · 0 replies · +1 points

We do that here in Iowa when we boat because it is a great idea. Why would a person need a law to do something that makes sense?

I feel horrible for all involved. What a terrible tragedy.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Only one Kinnick night... · 1 reply · +1 points

Great Pics of Kinnick. I really like the second one looking to the NW. It is a great angle.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa cuts bowl ticket ... · 1 reply · +6 points

They made money in each of the last two years. Where are you seeing loss? They earned $130,200 in 2009 and $54, 954 in 2010. Not so disturbing to me.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Iowa City to explore 2... · 0 replies · +1 points

Why would they bring this up now? You would think this would have been part of the discussion prior to the vote.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Wellmark cleared to in... · 1 reply · -2 points

The health care reform that passed does absolutely nothing to slow the trend of cost increases. What is needed is a consumer behavior change. But telling people to eat better and get up off of their butts and exercise doesn't translate into re-election very well.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Wellmark cleared to in... · 0 replies · -2 points

Thanks Chet! Thanks for adding $3,000,000 to Wellmark's overhead to be passed along to the insureds. We already have an insurance division that checks these things out, this was simply political posturing and a waste of time and money. Maybe you could give Wellmark a $3,000,000 pass on insurance premium taxes to keep them from passing this along to us.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Survey: Branstad maint... · 0 replies · 0 points

Great idea! Who do you think? Dan Gable? Tim Dwight? Lead singer from Slipknot? You never know, maybe a bird in the bush would be better than the one in our hand?

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Report: Cancer now Iow... · 0 replies · +3 points

Wouldn't a sensible piece if health care legislation put plans in place with the ultimate goal being a reduction the prevalence of awful, family destroying, expensive, illnesses like cancer and heart disease?

To start with, the bill could have included the cessation of government subsidies to tobacco farmers.

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