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N/Warren Town and County News
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Halloween At City Hall
City of Norwalk employees celebrated Halloween Friday, Oct. 28 dressed as Norwalk's Roller Derby Team. Employees Shelley Heisdorffer a/k/a Princess Spar Kill, Jo
Snyder a/k/a Eva D Struction, Jeff Rosien, referee, Jodi Powers a/k/a Short Fuse and Kathy Timmerman as Rumble Kitty. Staffphoto by Mary Lou Gray.
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Legislative News
By State Representative Julian B. Garrett
julian.garrett@legis.state.ia.us
Do Lower Business Taxes Create Jobs?
I have been thinking for some time that I should dis-
cuss tax reduction as a way to increase economic activ-
ity and to create new jobs in the private sector. I have
read a number of articles recently that argue that tax
cuts do not increase economic activity and jobs. This
debate goes on both in the U.S. Congress and the Iowa
Legislature.
I believe most people understand that businesses
make decision¢ based on their cost of producing the
goods or services that they sell and the revenue they
believe they can generate by selling those goods or ser-
vices. If they believe that they can sell additional goods
or services for more than it costs to produce them, they
will produce more. If they believe that by hiring an ad-
ditional employee they can produce more goods or ser-
vices for less that they can sell them for, over a r4ason-
able time, they will hire an additional employee.
It is obvious that taxes are a cost of doing business,
as are raw materials, transportation, labor etc. Also, the
lower the price of whatever a business sells, the more it
will sell. Isn't it obvious then that if taxes are lower,
meaning the cost of producing a product or service is
lower, a business can lower its prices and sell more of
whatever it sells, continuing to make a profit? This will
then encourage that business to hire additional employ-
ees to produce the additional products or services that
it can now sell at a profit.
I suppose some might argue that the business will
not expand, but will continue selling the same products
or services with an increased profit margin. The prob-
lem with that is that competitors will then be able to
lower their prices and take business away from the busi-
ness we are discussing. Historically, most businesses will
expand if they can do so profitably.
Based on these same principles, increasing taxes on
businesses, as some advocate, increases the cost of do-
ing business and reduces the goods or services a busi-
ness can sell for more than the cost of production and
can easily result in layoffs.
Of course, there are other factors that determine
whether a given business grows or contracts, not the
least of which is the skill and dedication of the manage-
ment. We must take into account that lowering tax rates
may result in lower revenues in the short run, though
resulting in increased revenue in the long run as busi-
ness activity increases. I believe we must rely on the
private sector for the increased economic activity and
job creation that we all want. Government must take
care not to make it more difficult on businesses to oper-
ate. Reasonable tax rates and regulations are a step in
the right direction.
As always, feel free to contact me with your ideas or
concerns at julian.garrett@ legis.state.ia.us or 515-281-
3221.
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POLICE
REPORT
Disclaimer: All defendants are
innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law.
October 21
Officer was dispatched
to the 200 block of Cherry
Street to investigate an
Assault report; case is cur-
rently under investigation.
Officer was dispatched
to Center Street/South Av-
enue to investigate a Prop-
erty Damage Accident.
Vehicle driven by Cody
Lynn Nelson, 16, Des
Moines, collided with a
vehicle driven by Nicole
Lynn Weliver, 33,
Norwalk. Weliver was
cited for Unsafe Turn.
October 23
While on patrol, an Of-
ricer initiated a Traffic Stop
and" George Adalbe
Romer0-Hernandez, 19,
Des Moines, was arrested
and charged with Posses-
sion of Cocaine with Intent
to Deliver, Tax Stamp Vio-
lation and Possession of
Drug Paraphernalia. Alex
Arturo Fierro Zuniga, 18,
Des Moines, was arrested
and charged with Posses-
sion of Drug Parapherna-
lia, Possession of Alcohol
Underage and No Driver's
license.
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