Are you happy that Major League Baseball is back?

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238 Votes

Are you happy that Major League Baseball is back?

53%

Yes Yes

47%

No No

53%

Yes

The owners and players ended a lockout last week, setting April 7 as Opening Day.

The owners and players ended a lockout last week, setting April 7 as Opening Day. Show Less

1 Comment

Larry Ewart

Yes, but wish the Royals would play better.

47%

No

The lockout turned off some fans to a game that has been losing its audience nationally.

The lockout turned off some fans to a game that has been losing its audience nationally. Show Less

2 Comments

Adam

Millionares and billionaires arguing over money while the general public struggle week to week. Who cares anymore about baseball?

Max

$700,000 for 8 months work, with all travel expenses, hotel, and meals paid. And that is the minimum salary. Many salaries are in the tens of millions. Less than 72% of the players are US citizens. No, I don't care.

Max

MLB players in 2021 earned an average income of $4.17 million. 28% of them take that wealth back to their homeland. Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico.

Are you paying attention to the NFL playoffs despite the Chiefs' absence?

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108 Votes

Are you paying attention to the NFL playoffs despite the Chiefs' absence?

53%

Yes Yes

47%

No No

53%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

47%

No

3 Comments

Eric Smith

Sports betting app companies now control all professional sports outcomes.

Steve Baumann

Trump is still your President

Max

The referees are determining the winners. The NFL has become a giant money laundering system. There is nothing there for me anymore, but I have a lot more time with my lovely wife, and our friends.

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

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421 Votes

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

46%

Democrats Democrats

54%

Republicans Republicans

46%

Democrats

Democrats want to lower taxes for low-income people and increase taxes on the rich.

Democrats want to lower taxes for low-income people and increase taxes on the rich. Show Less

1 Comments

Fred

Not since the Great Depression has wealth inequality in the US been so acute, Top 0.1% now worth as much as the bottom 90%. Prior to Reagan and trickle-down economics in the mid-80's, the bottom 90% held over 35% and the top 0.1% about 10%. And yet, the wealthiest among us still want more!

Max

It will always be that way, because most people make bad choices.

Fred

Forgot one important fact ... Reagan and trickle-down economics also put us on the path to huge budget deficits and financial ruin.

Fred

This data is from 12 years ago, but it is only WORSE now. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/nov/13/us-wealth-inequality-top-01-worth-as-much-as-the-bottom-90

54%

Republicans

GOP governor Mike Kehoe has proposed phasing out state income tax.

GOP governor Mike Kehoe has proposed phasing out state income tax. Show Less

3 Comments

Steve Baumann

Nothing the Democrats have done of offered has ever helped the majority of the people. Obamacare caused my healthcare to skyrocket and quality to plummet. Democratic scandals, such as those seen in Minnesota with the Somalians, far too common. It's past time to support out President.

Fred

Prior to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies routinely denied coverage for pre-existing conditions. How exactly does that reduce the quality of coverage?

Fred

Right ... other than the 19th Amendment, Social Security, GI Bill, Medicare, Medicaid, Securities and Exchange Act, Rural Electrification Act, unemployment benefits, Voting Rights Act, Head Start & student loans, Republicans? Tax cuts for corporations & the wealthy.

JIC CoMo

I say fire every Politian. I have not seen one yet that knows what they are doing. They are only for themself and not for the people of the State.

Toasty

If the revenue isn't replaced (along with cuts) with a flat/consumption/fair tax, then it's a waste of time. When it comes to spending money, republicans can waste it as much as the democrats.

Fred

It would probably be replaced by higher regressive sales tax rates.

ABC 17 News

Are you happy that Major League Baseball is back?

53% Yes Yes

47% No No

53% Yes

47% No

Are you paying attention to the NFL playoffs despite the Chiefs' absence?

53% Yes Yes

47% No No

53% Yes

47% No

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

46% Democrats Democrats

54% Republicans Republicans

46% Democrats

54% Republicans

53%

Yes Yes

47%

No No

53%

Yes

47%

No

53%

Yes Yes

47%

No No

53%

Yes

47%

No

46%

Democrats Democrats

54%

Republicans Republicans

46%

Democrats

54%

Republicans