- John Hendrickson serves as policy director for Iowans for Tax Relief Foundation
“Safe-Sane-Steady” was one of the campaign slogans used by President Calvin Coolidge during the 1924 presidential campaign. “Safe-Sane-Steady” reflected Coolidge’s policies and his landslide victory in the election demonstrated that the American people agreed.
In 2024, “Safe-Sane-Steady” can be applied to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds. Since entering office, whether it is fiscal or social policy, Reynolds has pushed for common-sense conservative policies that place families and taxpayers first. Iowans agree, and they have not only re-elected Reynolds, but also expanded the Republican majority in the Legislature.
A recent editorial by the Des Moines Register argues that Reynolds “picked this Legislature and it steamrolled an extreme path for Iowa.” Further, the Register editorial board advises that Iowans “should wrap up its experiment with extremism, not just to better serve residents, but because we worry what Reynolds might try to do next.”…