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Perry’s tax proposal undermines traditional marriage, Schlafly says

By | 11.03.11 | 3:35 pm

Most of the criticism dogging Gov. Rick Perry’s tax plan for the country focuses on the monster tax breaks it would deal to wealthiest Americans, or for the huge revenue cuts it would bring.

But Phyllis Schlafly, the religious-right icon who, like Perry, was featured at this year’s Values More…

Rep. Dave Loebsack not impressed with unemployment rate drop

By | 04.01.11 | 2:55 pm | More from The Iowa Independent

The U.S. economy added 216,000 jobs in March to beat economists’ predictions. The additions dropped the nation’s overall unemployment rate from 8.9 to 8.8 percent, but U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack says there’s more that can be done.

“I come home every weekend, and what I hear time and time again More…

Federal Income Tax Is Not the Only Tax

By | 04.14.10 | 3:17 pm

Phyllis Schlafly, the attorney and conservative political activist, has published a piece arguing against the United States’ progressive tax structure, in which around half of Americans will pay no federal income tax this year. In the piece, she writes:

The outright cash handouts include the earned income tax credit

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Fear of Fascism, ‘Gay Agenda’ Dominates Conservative Kickoff for Midterm Elections

By | 09.28.09 | 1:56 pm

ST. LOUIS — Kitty Werthmann has made quite a career out of warning Americans that fascism is on its way. The 84-year-old native Austrian survived the excesses of the Third Reich and, in her dotage as a leader of the South Dakota branch of the Eagle Forum, recorded tapes and More…