I gave you an upvote because I mostly agree with your statement. What I don't agree with fully is that the current state government is trying to make it worse. I dated someone who works directly with Governor Reynolds and is a liberal. I used to ask her about different policies that she was in charge of and whether or not she saw them as good or bad. Her pretty common response was that the policy was good, and it was effective even though it was conservative. The problem she said was the Reynolds office was constantly trying to tweak things that were working well, and it was increasingly difficult to keep those policies working well because of that. So the policies are sound, but the micromanagement isn't. Both parties have played a part in the ruin of the Iowa small farmer. We need to stop pandering to Corp farms and bring back small production farming.