• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Fires/Accidents/Disasters / Governor blames tax cuts for lack of funds

Governor blames tax cuts for lack of funds

July 28, 2005 By admin

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack this week said there isn’t enough money coming from the federal government to help states take adequate steps to prevent agri-terrorism. They’re always told “there are limited funds,” but he wonders why, asserting that “we’re allowing folks who are are very, very well off to receive additional tax relief at a time when we’ve got people at war, we’ve got people dying, we’ve got equipment needs, and we have concerns.” Vilsack points out how agriterrorism precautions are an important factor in homeland security. He says we should be concerned about things that could affect millions of people and devastate the economy. “Look what happened when there was one case of Mad Cow,” he suggests, saying cattle markets lost millions of dollars. “Imagine what would happen if all the cattle in Iowa were suspected of having Mad Cow Disease…can you imagine the panic that would create?” Vilsack says as important as it is to be prepared, it comes down to money. In order to have adequate equipment, you have to buy that equipment, and to have an ag security system in place you have to have workers, equipment and coordination — and all of that takes resources. Vilsack says when fifty-Million dollars is given to agriculture in one shot, while ten-point-eight-billion dollars goes to urban centers, “There’s obviously a disconnect here.” The governor said the USDA must improve laboratory testing and animal identification, as well as developing a plan for large-scale disposal of contaminated crops or animals. Vilsack hosted his second annual Governor’s Homeland Security Conference this week in Des Moines.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Tom Vilsack

Featured Stories

Exhibit features lesser known works of Grant Wood

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa’s Jack Nunge lost for the season

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

Drake’s Roman Penn lost for the season

Drake’s DeVries named to Naismith watch list

State wrestling opens with limited attendance

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC