Should local governments give big corporations tax incentives?

Asked by ABC 17 News

202 Votes

Should local governments give big corporations tax incentives?

38%

Yes Yes

62%

No No

38%

Yes

Unilever is seeking tax breaks for another expansion -- the second announced this year.

Unilever is seeking tax breaks for another expansion -- the second announced this year. Show Less

4 Comments

Vernon Taylor

Local needs are jobs.

Max DeYoung

Job that are not second jobs, at a restaurant just so people can get by.

Max DeYoung

The communities strength, is in the communities resources. It is far better to work for a secure employer.

Lida Vitt

If it brings jobs to local communities

62%

No

Critics point out that local tax breaks, often in property tax, take away from local needs.

Critics point out that local tax breaks, often in property tax, take away from local needs. Show Less

2 Comments

Evan Meeks

They are only adding 12 Jobs for this Tiff the company that can pay the City gives them the break but not the company's who really need it

Michael Ridenhour

Small business owners are more important as a state's tax incentive investment, especially since COVID-19 is still impacting locally-owned businesses. Tax incentives can identify locally-owned business success, and that identified success can attract the global exports, putting Missouri on the map.

Are you avoiding graduation crowds in Columbia this weekend?

Asked by ABC 17 News

150 Votes

Are you avoiding graduation crowds in Columbia this weekend?

87%

Yes Yes

13%

No No

87%

Yes

1 Comments

Harry D

Avoid restaurants at all costs.

Zaos Gonzolez

Are you referring to changing consumer habits? Shame on you!

13%

No

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Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

Asked by ABC 17 News

323 Votes

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

69%

Yes Yes

31%

No No

69%

Yes

2 Comments

Kevin Reed

We have to commute to work, approximately 70 miles every day. We fill up once a week, and the cost has risen from an average of $36.50 before the Iran war, to now $55.00 each week. We now have to budget more for gas than we did. And there is still nothing to show for any of this pointless conflic

Max

So, you support Iran? Well, I support America.

Nikki Wrinkles

Im driving about 81.6 miles a day to get my son to daycare and then myself to work. Car averages 21 mpg and requires minimum 91 octane fuel. $70 twice a week plus what my husband spends in fuel for just traveling back and forth to work and home. Keeping son home 2 days from daycare to save on fuel.

Harry D

You need a more fuel-efficient car.

31%

No

4 Comments

Matt Loganbill

While no one enjoys paying more $ gas is cheap for what you get.

Harry D

I wish puppet Biden did not drain the strategic petroleum reserve in a failed political scheme, much like his unconstitutional student loan forgiveness, to buy votes. The oil pipelines to Canada, that Biden stopped, would be handy about now too. Voting for future Democrats will be very limited.

Max

Trump had just refilled it, after Obama drained it down to nothing.

Steve Baumann

Far bigger issues than fuel prices

Robert Van Vickle

Hybrid gang stay winning

ABC 17 News

Should local governments give big corporations tax incentives?

38% Yes Yes

62% No No

38% Yes

62% No

Are you avoiding graduation crowds in Columbia this weekend?

87% Yes Yes

13% No No

87% Yes

13% No

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

69% Yes Yes

31% No No

69% Yes

31% No

38%

Yes Yes

62%

No No

38%

Yes

62%

No

87%

Yes Yes

13%

No No

87%

Yes

13%

No

69%

Yes Yes

31%

No No

69%

Yes

31%

No