Rob Sand on Tax Reform

I like a good tax cut but how are you going to pay for it?

Sand: Many people are being denied care by companies that are delaying payment, and seeing tax go up in order to fund their profit; that is not working for ordinary Iowans.

Lahn: My opponent has not seen a tax increase he didn't like. That is something that needs to be owned. Rob is supporting the raising of taxes because that is what liberals do. They want to raise taxes. I'm here to cut taxes. We need to do it fiscally responsibly. We need to protect our citizens' take home pay.

Q: Do you want to raise taxes?

Sand: No, that has been fact checked and called false. I like a good tax cut as much as anybody else. But how are you going to pay for it? Are you going to be cutting state troopers? Are we going to have more potholes in the roads or are you going to cut it somewhere else? If you are offering a tax cut but not telling voters whether you're raising taxes we have elsewhere or cutting services you're acting like a politician.

Current flat tax is tremendous benefit to wealthiest people

Poorer, rural areas are paying higher property taxes