Ben Murrey
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Director of Policy & Research @CSInstituteIA | Formerly @i2idotorg, @SenTedCruz | @Hillsdale alum
Joined June 2012
RT @CSInstituteIA: Announcing CSI Iowa's First Annual Free Enterprise Summit! We are thrilled to invite you to CSI Iowa's first annual Fr…
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Listen to @IAGovernor explain how #Iowa made government more efficient & returned the excess $$ to taxpayers. When she came up with it in 2022, she called it "alignment." @elonmusk calls his version #DOGE. Read more about in @CSInstituteIA's report:
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RT @CSInstituteIA: Ben Murrey joined Jeff Stein on the Iowa Business Report to discuss Iowa's ranking in our 2025 Free Enterprise Report. I…
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@RepAshleyHinson @IAGovernor Did you see CSI's report yesterday on the economic impact of alignment? Check it out here if you missed it!
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When Iowa did what @KimReynoldsIA calls government "alignment," state lawmakers used the savings to lower taxes. Learn how she did it and what it means for #Iowa in @CSInstituteIA's latest report here:
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Trump praises Iowa, pointing to several things including its low crime. That's EXACTLY what we've been saying! A report my team at @CSInstituteIA published in December quantified the economic benefit of Iowa's low crime. 👀 READ IT HERE:
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Just got my next book to read! 📖 @Tyler2ONeil explores the dark money network influencing the federal government. #Trump will not be able to execute his mandate from the American people unless he understands this. Must read. Get it HERE 👇👇
🚨PREVENTING ANOTHER NATIONAL NIGHTMARE What made Joe Biden's presidency so bad? It wasn't just Biden's age—there was a fundamental mismatch between the issues impacting Americans' lives and the priorities of the federal government. While Americans struggled with inflation, Biden bragged about "investing" in green technology, even as his administration cracked down on oil and gas. The Biden admin opened the border while Americans struggled with increasing crime and lawlessness. The Biden White House celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter Sunday. Much of these and other policies trace back to a woke influence campaign propped up by the Left's dark money network. My new book, "The Woketopus🐙: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government," has the receipts. It works like this: the Left's dark money network (think George Soros, Alex Soros, Arabella Advisors, The Tides Foundation) feed the woke nonprofits. Those woke nonprofits then send staff into the unelected bureaucracy. Those bureaucrats then prioritize the woke agendas of those nonprofits, partly because they used to work there and partly because they agree with the ideology. The Woketopus succeeds at getting woke policies that are out of step with the American people enshrined into federal regulations. President Trump has replaced Biden, but he also needs to combat this influence campaign. This thread will explain why it's still a problem and what he needs to do about it. 1/10
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I don't care about your political persuasion. I don't care what you think about Trump or Biden or any other elected representative of the people. If you're an American, this should alarm you.
🚨'THE REAL THREAT TO DEMOCRACY' Republican senators warn that the unelected bureaucrats who pledge to oppose President-elect Donald Trump's administration from within are the real threat to democracy. A new @RMG_Research poll found that 42% of what the survey calls “federal government managers”—federal employees who live in the National Capitol Region around Washington and earn at least $75,000 annually—plan to politically oppose the incoming administration. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the federal government managers who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in November said they would ignore a lawful order from Trump if they considered it to be bad policy. Only 17% of the Harris voters in the federal bureaucracy said they would follow Trump’s order. 1/4
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Talk is easy, but does the data back up @IAGovernor's big claims? Yes, actually. @CSInstituteIA released its Free Enterprise Competitiveness Report Monday, which uses objective data across 54 metrics to rank all 50 states. Iowa ranks #8 nationally 🔥
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In November, @CSInstituteIA & @IowaWomensFdn issued a report evaluating Iowa's Childcare Solutions Fund pilot program. Citing the report's findings, @IAGovernor announced in her Condition of the State Address the state will renew & expand the pilot.
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Iowa's income tax reforms since 2018 are truly impressive. Read @CSInstituteIA's dynamic economic analysis of Iowa's income tax cuts: #Iowa
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My first Condition of the State as an Iowan!
Starting in 30 minutes! Watch on IPTV here:
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Casually listening from the other room, I just got a master class in negotiation from my 4-year-old: 4-yr-old: Can I see what you're doing? 2-yr-old: No. 4-yr-old: Fine, then you can't see what I'm doing! 2-yr-old: Okay, you can see. Brilliant.
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Great discussion today at the @USChamber and @ColoradoEPIC Child Care Innovation Summit. @CSInstituteIA was invited to share the findings from our groundbreaking research on Iowa's unique childcare solutions. Read our full report here:
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RT @CSInstituteIA: It’s Giving Tuesday! Today, you can make a difference by supporting Common Sense Institute Iowa. Our mission is to tac…
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@IAGovernor was one of just 6 governors in the nation to receive a 'A' in @CatoInstitute's 2024 Fiscal Policy Report Card last month. Check out @CSInstituteIA's research showing some of the data behind her success in #Iowa:
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RT @IowaBizCouncil: Iowa's childcare shortage effects all levels of workforce, especially women early in their careers. @CSInstituteIA dire…
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