Top Economists Endorse Art Small for U.S. SenateDes Moines Register
In an unprecedented move, top economists take sides in U.S. Senate race
Washington, D.C. - Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa has done "serious harm" to the nation's economic future during his tenure as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a group of economists said Monday in endorsing Grassley's political opponent, Art Small.
The economists - including the University of Iowa economics department chairwoman and three Nobel prize winners - said that it is unusual for leading economists to take a position in a race for the U.S. Senate, but that they were compelled by the rising deficit and a half-trillion in new U.S. debt.
"Iowans may be only dimly aware of the pivotal role that their senior senator, Charles Grassley, played in these events," said the economists in a printed statement. They said they blamed deep tax cuts advocated by Grassley, enacted by Congress and signed into law by Bush for boosting the deficit. Those cuts also benefited the wealthy too much, the group said.
The economists said Iowans should back Iowa City Democrat Art Small, a former state lawmaker running an uphill battle against Grassley. Small has a "genuine" commitment to fiscal responsibility, they said.
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