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Are high gas prices straining your budget?

Are high gas prices straining your budget?

Yes

7

No

1

Yes

Are high gas prices straining your budget?
4 Comments
Max
2
Max

Yes, because high gas prices have raised the cost of everything we use. That, coupled with Brandon's high inflation, we all are suffering. The sad thing is, the lower income, and those on fixed incomes, are suffering the most.

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Belinda Kitchen
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Belinda Kitchen

Yes it's crazy . Here in Moberly gas is 3.11$ to 3.14$ a gallon. In Macon it 3.07$ . Our gas wasn't this high when Trump was in office. Biden you made this a lot worse and here you say your helping the people How ? May I ask ?

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Max
Max

Biden and his followers, are shoving communism down our throats, so we can all be equal, equally poor, except for him and his Elites, that is. He has sold America, to China and Russia.

Kevin Davis
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Kevin Davis

I farm everything we use this year has gone up. Fuel actually is one of the lowest increases. Anhydrous ammonia has more than tripled dry fertilizer has doubled chemicals are much higher also. Dont hear about that any where

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Jack L
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Jack L

Of course. High gas prices always do.

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No

Are high gas prices straining your budget?
1 Comment
Frank Jung
0
Frank Jung

While gas prices are high, they certainly are not as high as they have been before when we were paying almost $5.00 a gallon.

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Max
Max

RBOB Gas, stock market price of wholesale gasoline. It can be looked at, as far back as July 2005. We were energy independent when Trump left office, and wholesale gasoline was less than half of what it is now.

Max
Max

That was between 2008 through 2014, during the Obama reign. During Trump's four years it was never as high as it is now. Thank you for pointing that out. Let's go Brandon!

Would a four-day school week work with your family's schedule?

Would a four-day school week work with your family's schedule?

Yes

2

No

3

Yes

2 Comments
Zaos Gonzolez
2
Zaos Gonzolez

Education for children is based on scheduling?

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Latria Mcneal
0
Latria Mcneal

I think it would make kids more willingly to attend 5 day work week is a lot on a working person as is the kids should get a extra day

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Max
Max

Excellent grammar. What grade are you in?

No

2 Comments
Fat Guy Outdoors
1
Fat Guy Outdoors

Not seeing very good returns on the 5 day schedule. Are we sure 4 days are the answer. Dropping standards is never an option. You soften standards on discipline and look where it has got you. Do the hard right over the easy wrong.

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Max
0
Max

One full day, for the kids to be unsupervised, in most cases, spells DANGER for them, but if it's good for the teachers, then let's do it. Teachers Unions have been so good, for so for so long, for everyone, but the children, and their parents....

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Do you support phasing out Missouri's income tax?

Do you support phasing out Missouri's income tax?

Yes

15

No

5

Yes

12 Comments
Andrea Loy
1
Andrea Loy

Income tax is unconstitutional when all other taxes are placed on top of it.

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Shawn Maupin
1
Shawn Maupin

Because I believe taxation is theft!

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Dennis Ganahl
1
Dennis Ganahl

It's time to position Missouri for growth. We need to attract business and population growth not more stagnation. Taxes need to be affordable based on what people can pay, not what government wants to spend. Government needs to budget just like families.

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Slate Rogers
1
Slate Rogers

I am in favor of a state income tax cap of 3 percent and eliminating the personal property tax completely.

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C Sims
1
C Sims

I support doing away with all taxes

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Max
Max

The harder that people work, the more taxes they pay. That's wrong. The people that won't work should pay the most taxes.

Debbie A.
0
Debbie A.

It is unconstitutional and theft

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Bob Mahacek
0
Bob Mahacek

We need to streamline government, make it more efficient and have lower taxes to attract more residents as well as businesses to the state.

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Mike Roemerman
0
Mike Roemerman

This is the #1 tax cut that will help Grow Missouri. Eliminating State Income Tax will attract Business, Create Jobs and increase our population. This also exclusively benefits Missourians.

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Nancy Hooyman
0
Nancy Hooyman

I'm 70 and it takes too much money away from me.

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Pam Ames
0
Pam Ames

The citizens of Missouri are taxed enough, we deserve to enjoy some of the fruits of our labor.Next stop should be phasing out personal property taxes, sales tax, etc, etc…

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Bill Douglas
0
Bill Douglas

Ban state employees from attending professional and college sports events. Also ban state employees from displaying college/university personalized license plates on their vehicles.

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Max
0
Max

If phasing out taxes, phases out Socialism, then it's a great idea.

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No

5 Comments
Michael Bailey
1
Michael Bailey

We eliminated capital gains tax last year and now our target is income tax? I feel we should get more productive spending and figure out the position of our tax burden before we think about eliminating income tax. It feels like Gov. Kehoe is using this as political points.

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Steve Baumann
1
Steve Baumann

We all need to be paying our fair share. There are other questionable taxes to be looked into and removed. Along with tax cuts, cuts to the bureaucracy as well.

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nathaniel bock
1
nathaniel bock

The tax we need to eliminate or change is personal property tax on vehicles, tractors, trailers, etc. There should be no taxes paid on anything an individual has owned longer than ten years.

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Will Mason
1
Will Mason

Sales taxes are paid by the poor. Income taxes favor the poor. Unless a refund of sales taxes is an option, income taxes are cheaper for low income people. And a sales tax refund is probably just as complex as filing income taxes. Either way the government is getting our money.

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Hayden Hamlin
0
Hayden Hamlin

Missouri barely pays for WIC, SNAP, Healthcare, and education as is. The Trump Admin passed a bill that will cancel more funding to states for these. Who's going to replace the main source of revenue? The billionaire class? Absolutely not. Our state only offers cheap living; this will raise prices.

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Max
Max

Socialism is not the solution.

Max
Max

Maybe some people should put more effort into working for a living?

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