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GLAD WE CLEARED THAT UP | We just wanted to make sure that Republican Rep. John Simmons is aware of what is in the resolution he voted to support.

Missouri's Regular Legislative Session for 2026 ends tomorrow and it will be remembered as the session when Republican politicians voted to pass the largest sales tax hike in Missouri history.

Unless voters take action at the ballot, it will permanently give politicians the unlimited ability to raise sales taxes on goods and impose taxes on any services.

Missourians DO NOT want this, but the elected Republicans are no longer working for roughly 80% of them.

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"EMBARRASING & SHAMEFUL" | Around this time last year, the Republicans in Jefferson City forced through a complete overturn of the VOTER-APPROVED earned sick leave and minimum wage laws which passed on the statewide ballot just months earlier.

During the House debate, state Rep. Jaclyn Zimmermann of Manchester called out the Republican politicians who supported the betrayal. She highlighted the clear rejection of the Christian principles which many of them profess to follow.

"All I am hearing here today is that we are not going to take care of the less fortunate, we're not going to take care of the poor and we're not going to take care of the sick," Zimmermann said.

Missouri deserved better.

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'MORALLY WRONG' | State Rep. David Tyson Smith, a Democrat from Columbia, argued against the resolution (HJR 173) that would allow state lawmakers to raise sales taxes on any goods and services in order to shift the state's tax burden away from high income earners.

He describes the resolution as immoral, because it recklessly disregards the thousands of Missouri seniors who don't pay state income taxes right now and therefore would only see their daily costs increase under the plan being pushed by Missouri Republican politicians.

Missourians have one more chance to stop this: The 2026 ballot.

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PUBLIC SCHOOLS = PUBLIC GOOD | During one of her final speeches on the House Floor, state Rep. Betsy Fogle of Springfield passionately defended the effort to provide all Missouri children with free access to a K-12 education.

Her remarks came shortly before the Republican-controlled Missouri House voted to pass the state's $50 billion budget, which included $60 million of taxpayer money going into the private school system.

"Education should not be something that only a few can afford," Fogle said. "I'm not saying there are not gaps and problems within our public school system, but it is so much easier to stand at a mic and tear a system down than it is to fight to fix it."

Missouri Democrats are committed to fixing it.

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"WHEN IS IT GOING TO BE ENOUGH?" | State Rep. Betsy Fogle of Springfield, who serves as the lead Democrat on the House Budget Committee, pushed back hard this week after Republicans put $60 million of the state's general revenue into private school vouchers, leaving even less money for the state's public schools.

Each year, Republican politicians continue to privatize more parts of the education system, -- essentially selling off the best investment we can make in the next generation of Missourians.

Public money should stay in public schools. Period.

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When accepting the Liberal Party nomination on September 14, 1960, would-be 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy pushed back against the derogatory use of the term "liberal."

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Q: IS IT REGRESSIVE?
A: YES.

Chesterfield Republican Rep. Ben Keathley is fully aware that the tax plan being pushed by Missouri Republican politicians is deeply regressive, in that it exclusively benefits high-income Missourians while shifting more of the state's tax burden onto those earning the least.

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NO COMPARISON | During the high-profile debate over the Republican plan raise Missouri sales taxes, Rep. Steve Butz of St. Louis pushed back on a commonly made comparison of the Show Me state to Washington and Tennessee.

For example, Butz points out Washington taxpayers are liable for a 3% tax on the sale of real estate and their economy is also bolstered by the nation's largest tech giants, while those in Tennessee pay nearly twice the sales tax rate Missourians do.

Missouri voters will ultimately get to decide whether to shift the state's tax burden to a sales tax model, and we highly expect Missourians to reject that idea as 80% would ultimately be paying more instead of less.

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"MATH ALWAYS MATHS" | House Minority Leader Ashley Aune's floor remarks ripped into H.J.R 173/174 as the largest tax increase in Missouri history.

The resolution (if approved by voters) would result in $8.5 billion disappearing from Missouri's state revenue and all that money would be PERMANANTLY supplemented by vastly higher sales taxes and new taxes on services that are shielded from state taxation right now.

Only the top 20% of income earners would come out of this with MORE money in their pocket because everyone else is forced to spend their paychecks on their basic needs (aka: Rent/housing, medical care, insurance coverage, groceries/food, utilities, etc.)

Leader Aune urged Missourians to "keep paying attention" and stay informed as we continue this debate until this reaches the statewide ballot.

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