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Should Missouri require motorcycle helmets for all riders?

Should Missouri require motorcycle helmets for all riders?

Yes

5

No

4

Yes

5 Comments
Lenora Al Ratta
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Lenora Al Ratta

My family all ride. I want them safe, I want the best examples for the children in my family as they grow up riding. I almost lost my brother and his gf to an accident 10 yrs ago. In hospital and rehab for a few months. Their lives were saved by his fast response and their helmets.

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Belinda Kitchen
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Belinda Kitchen

It should be a no brainier people. Duh .

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HelenHighwater
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HelenHighwater

It's self explanatory. Why risk becoming disabled and burdening your family for a lifetime?

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Stephanie Nichols
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Stephanie Nichols

I. Think. To. Make. People stay safe. All the. Time why’ll riding

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Pam Riehl
0
Pam Riehl

The survival rate is higher, if in an accident, with a helmet on. Drivers are distracted, and motorcycles aren't on their radar. A helmet may be the one chance a motorcycle list has to survive, and sustain less of a permanent brain injury.

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No

3 Comments
Zaos Gonzolez
1
Zaos Gonzolez

MO should require nothing of anyone.

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Bill Douglas
Bill Douglas

Yet you have no problem with millions of Missouri tax dollars being spent on a new football stadium at the Univeristy of Missouri so you Columbia Mo laptop liberals and calculator communists can worship at the false alter of UM Sports like the faithful little Marxist’s you are

Barry Gilbert
0
Barry Gilbert

It should be a personal choice. But no public dollars should be spent on brain injured people who chose not to wear helmets.

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Max DeYoung
0
Max DeYoung

What happened to my body my choice? Does the life in question only apply to certain individuals?

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Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

I'm optimistic

4

I'm pessimistic

5

I'm optimistic

0 Comments
No one has commented yet

I'm pessimistic

4 Comments
Denzel McVeigh
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Denzel McVeigh

Trump and his goons in every state in every department are running it into the ground acting like it's the best thing ever and it's not. People are suffering now more then his first term or even during Biden term

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Max
Max

Then, you prefer the 9% inflation for 4 straight years, instead of 2.9%. Where did you get your economics degree?

Fred
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Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

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Fred
Fred

Compare November 2025 to November 2026 ... roughly same and 2026 figure was held down by the government shutdown. Let's check back at this time next year and you try to explain away the recession.

Max
Max

Inflation is less than 1/3rd of when Biden was in office. Fix your calculator.

Max
Max

Biden tactics were destroying the world's economies.

Max
Max

The U.S. dollar dominates the world economy due to its role as the primary reserve currency, backed by the massive U.S. economy, unmatched financial market liquidity, and historical inertia since the 1944 Bretton Woods system. It facilitates 88% of global exchange transactions, 54% of trade

Jamie Kochert
0
Jamie Kochert

On a fixed income and everything is more expensive.

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Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

Yes

4

No

6

Yes

1 Comments
Max
0
Max

Incidentally, our previous president has not acquired enough money to build his presidential library, not even enough money for a presidential magazine stand.

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No

4 Comments
Lynne
1
Lynne

I have no desire to watch him spew lies and pat himself on the back. He's a sorry excuse of a human being.

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Max
Max

Thee truth is hard for some to swallow. Maybe you could find a Biden or Obama clip to watch?

Steve Baumann
1
Steve Baumann

I didn't but have total support for the vast majority of what he has accomplished and is trying to accomplish. The country was harmed greatly by the Democrats, they plundered our wealth, Republicans also played a hand. No more.

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Fred
Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

Fred
Fred

Do a little research on how our national debt has grown under republican presidents compared to democrats. Also see how Reagan and "trickle down economics" is what put us on the path to financial ruin while creating the tremendous wealth inequality we see today.

Brenda Freeman
0
Brenda Freeman

No i don't like listening to the lies that comes out of his mouth

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Fred
0
Fred

I don't enjoy being lied to ...

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Max
Max

Going back nearly fifty years, when I was in the military, and Carter was the president, the military was starving. As an E-6 with a wife and two children, legally, I qualified for food stamps. Instead, I got a part-time job. Carter, was a far better president than Obama, and Biden. Facts are tough.

Max
Max

You got tired of that with 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Biden. That's over, now.

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