Have rising prices made a noticeable difference in your finances?

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295 Votes

Have rising prices made a noticeable difference in your finances?

82%

Yes Yes

18%

No No

82%

Yes

Prices were up 5% in May compared to last year as the cost of many goods keeps rising. The rise in gas prices is one of the most noticeable signs of inflation.

Prices were up 5% in May compared to last year as the cost of many goods keeps rising. The rise in gas prices is one of the most noticeable signs of inflation. Show Less

5 Comments

Vernon Taylor

Why would we expect anything less from this administration?

Max

RBOB Gas (wholesale gasoline cost) has increased from $1.03 per gallon to $2,18 per gallon, since election day. That strongly influences all other prices. Biden is a disaster.

Max

Caused by inflation, remember when we produced more energy than we used? Yes, that was six months ago.

Adam Schrader

Stupid question. Of course higher prices on everything effects one's finances

Michele Scarlet Ridenour

4 boards to replace on our deck was almost 5xs what it was last year. Fuel has doubled since Biden took office and groceries have doubled some have tripled

Randel Hearne

The price rise in building materials has caused me to put off building a new house. When your on a fixed income higher prices effects your purchasing ability.

18%

No

The price increases are not across the board, so their impact is felt differently depending on what consumers purchase.

The price increases are not across the board, so their impact is felt differently depending on what consumers purchase. Show Less

1 Comment

Letitia DenHartog

The items that have gone up the most have not been things I needed yet, but I feel for my friends and neighbors who are being affected.

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

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104 Votes

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

55%

Yes Yes

45%

No No

55%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

45%

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

Have rising prices made a noticeable difference in your finances?

82% Yes Yes

18% No No

82% Yes

18% No

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

55% Yes Yes

45% No No

55% Yes

45% No

Whose Missouri income tax plan is better?

46% Democrats Democrats

54% Republicans Republicans

46% Democrats

54% Republicans

82%

Yes Yes

18%

No No

82%

Yes

18%

No

55%

Yes Yes

45%

No No

55%

Yes

45%

No

46%

Democrats Democrats

54%

Republicans Republicans

46%

Democrats

54%

Republicans