Taxes - SquareOffs

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

Asked by ABC 17 News

252 Votes

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

26%

Yes Yes

74%

No No

26%

Yes

0 Comment

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74%

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?

Should Missouri's individual income tax be eliminated?

Asked by News-Press Now

4/30/2026

Should Missouri's individual income tax be eliminated?

21%

Yes

79%

No WINNER

21%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

79%

No

3 Comments

Patricia Bond

We have witnessed what happened in Kansas with such a plan and now they are doing it to Missouri.

Cindy Roach

Income tax is necessary in a state where people care about each...it funds necessary programs, like education. Our state lags behind most states when it comes to funding education and that hurts our future. To replace income tax with sales tax on services would be more expensive for everyone.

Harrison Hartley

Income tax is socially responsible (the poor pay none or little; those who make more pay more) and dependably funds necessary services. If it is eliminated, sales taxes will SKYROCKET and we will ALL pay more in the long run, including those who can least afford it.

Asked by 13 On Your Side

4/24/2026

Have you filed your taxes yet?

80%

Yes WINNER

20%

No

80%

Yes

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

20%

No

0 Comment

No one has commented yet

Taxes SquareOffs

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

26% Yes Yes

74% No No

26% Yes

74% No

Should Missouri's individual income tax be eliminated?

21% Yes

79% No WINNER

21% Yes

79% No

Have you filed your taxes yet?

80% Yes WINNER

20% No

80% Yes

20% No

About Taxes

26%

Yes Yes

74%

No No

26%

Yes

74%

No

21%

Yes

79%

No WINNER

21%

Yes

79%

No

80%

Yes WINNER

20%

No

80%

Yes

20%

No