This opinion piece argues that Iowa Democrats opposing Amendment 1 want to raise income taxes. If approved on the 2026 general election ballot, the amendment would require a two-thirds vote of the Iowa Legislature to raise or create any income tax. The author notes that after reforms, Iowa's flat individual income tax is 3.8% and corporate rates range from 5.5% to 7.1%, down from a 12% top corporate rate a decade ago, and that sixteen states already require supermajorities for major tax increases. The author dismisses the claim that the measure would lead to sales tax hikes, saying most Republican legislators have long resisted such increases, though the 2008 sales tax change added a 1-cent SILO tax to the state rate without raising costs for taxpayers.
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