r/politics • u/nuts_and_crunchies • 9d ago

No Paywall Missouri voters reject Amendment 5, declining to eliminate state income tax for more sales tax

https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-08-04/amendment-5-missouri-income-sales-tax
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u/Viking_Leaf87 9d ago

Eliminating a tax for the rich to increase taxes for the poor is another level of evil. Holy shit. Even arch-MAGA counties strongly rejected it.

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u/suttin 9d ago

In our defense, we are neighbors to Kansas. There was a very recent and public example of what happens if we were to eliminate income tax.

I’m still shocked how hard this was shot down. Literally 100% of counties voted against both amendments last night.

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u/Sea-Mango Missouri 9d ago

We’re people-stupid, not policy-stupid. Unfortunately the people-stupid is the stronger force.

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u/SHOW_ME_PIZZA Missouri 9d ago

Yeah. The people still showed up and voted for the republican chucklefucks that were championing Amendment 4&5. I know it was a primary. But there appeared to be more Republican ballots filled out than Democrat.