Asked by ABC 17 News

536 Votes

Should Missouri increase its gas tax?

29%

Yes Yes

71%

No No

29%

Yes

Missouri has one of the lowest gasoline taxes in the nation at 17 cents per gallon. A Missouri House committee has approved a plan that would boost that by 12.5 cents over the n... Show More

Missouri has one of the lowest gasoline taxes in the nation at 17 cents per gallon. A Missouri House committee has approved a plan that would boost that by 12.5 cents over the next five years. Show Less

1 Comment

Keith Henry Caldwell

Our roads are terrible

71%

No

Past gas tax increases have run into heavy opposition from those who worry about whether the money will be spent efficiently or who want taxes reduced. Voters have rejected stat... Show More

Past gas tax increases have run into heavy opposition from those who worry about whether the money will be spent efficiently or who want taxes reduced. Voters have rejected statewide increases. Show Less

5 Comments

Max

Biden already raised it a dollar, and it's going to get a lot worse!

Max

We need a Road Tax on electric cars.

Fred Colbern

We have a MODOT traffic engineer in my hometown here who is an absolute rude, arrogant know-it-all piece of garbage that think timing stoplights is some kind of rocket science and doesn't care about the values of the local community. And he is a graduate of UM Columbia which is a disgraced school.

James Ronald Jeffries

WE are taxed on taxes now,just another way for the government to steal from us , Jim

Peggy Carney

Gas prices are to high now, we won't have car on the road if they do this.

Harold Kerr II

MODOT has NEVER shown me that they are a good stewards of the money they get. The always come back wanting more and the roads still get worse. I see so much of the work being done on mowing along the roads INSTEAD OF fixing THE ROADS. MODOT IS A MONEY PIT. USELESS.

Fred Colbern

I've had nothing but bad experiences with their "Traffic engineers" in my hometown. We have one I have complained to several times who is an absolute know-it-all jerk. He even harasses people who disagree with him. Bunches of us around here are trying to get his college degree and license revoked.

Max

The last attempt to raise the gas tax, less than half was going to the roads, the rest was going to go to the Highway Patrol. What we need is Truth in Advertising, and responsible spending.

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

Asked by ABC 17 News

292 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

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

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230 Votes

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

27%

Yes Yes

73%

No No

27%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

73%

No

4 Comments

Harry D

A new tax is not the answer to the city's budget problems. City leaders need to live within your means, like everyone else. Vote NO on the new taxes.

Steve Baumann

We already pay enough in taxes. The City needs to check it's priorities and pull funding from programs that truly are not conductive to the day to day lives of the general tax paying citizen. Focus on the core competencies, not liberal dream programs.

Fred

Almost as bad an idea as replacing income taxes with higher sales taxes!

Max

You finally got one right. Did you have help?

Zaos Gonzolez

Your own safety is your own responsibility.

ABC 17 News

Should Missouri increase its gas tax?

29% Yes Yes

71% No No

29% Yes

71% No

Have gas prices gotten high enough to limit your driving?

69% Yes Yes

31% No No

69% Yes

31% No

Are local sales taxes a good way to increase funding for public safety?

27% Yes Yes

73% No No

27% Yes

73% No

29%

Yes Yes

71%

No No

29%

Yes

71%

No

69%

Yes Yes

31%

No No

69%

Yes

31%

No

27%

Yes Yes

73%

No No

27%

Yes

73%

No