Statement by Senator Joe Bolkcom, chair of the Ways and Means Committee and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee –
“Governor Branstad, your reckless rhetoric has helped bring Iowa to the point of fiscal crisis. This weekend, Senator Bill Dix of Shell Rock, the top Senate Republican on budget issues, suggested that Republicans should simply give up on budget negotiations.”
Senator Dix said:
‘I believe that there are sufficient resources that were allocated a year ago to get to January 1,” Dix says, “in which case the next legislature, after this November election, could make a determination at that point of how to supplementally approve resources for the balance of that year.’
“Governor, we need you to help stop a politically-driven Iowa government shutdown would devastate investor confidence in the Iowa economy, create turmoil at Iowa’s schools and universities, and create needless panic among Iowa’s seniors and families.”
I am tired of the Democrats causing all the problems in Des Moines.
It is time the Democrats stopped spending us into debt. There is no such thing as a surplus. The taxpayers sent the Republicans to stop you idiots from spending so much money.
This is not your money to give a way to your pet programs so people vote for you.. We are on to your BS.
Stop the gridlock in Des Moines and vote with the Republicans which is what the majority of Iowans want!
VERY well spoken and said!
If a shutdown is what it takes to get the democrats attention and make them aware of fiscal responsibility so be it. Shut it down.
Let it shut down. Nobody will be affected. I sure wouldn’t notice if the state gov’t shut down for a few months/years.