ITR Live is back with a free-wheeling, fun-filled episode of tax policy, politics and World Cup Soccer.  John has has the first-ever ITR Live book review, "Taxes Have Consequences" by Art Laffer, Brian Domitrovic, and Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield. What historical lessons can be learned from a look at the last 100 years of tax policy in America?

Congratulations are in order to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on her new role as Chair of the Republican Governor's Association. Governor Reynolds will have an even larger platform to showcase the success of Iowa's conservative reforms on the national stage.  

Sarah and John review a recent ITR Foundation article explaining who is not to blame for your rapidly-rising property tax bill. It's not the county assessor, and it's not the arbitrary level of your tax levy rate. The among that you pay in taxes is driven by one thing: locally elected officials and the budgets that they set.