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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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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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'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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