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Creve Coeur Township Dem Club meets the 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Creve Coeur Govt Center, 300 N. Ballas Rd. between Ladue and Olive Street Rd.  Contact WCD member Stan Edelstein at (314) 878-6041.
 
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What the loss of the Earnings Tax would mean to St. Louis & Kansas City: 

Fair Tax Anything But Fair
Amy Blouin

The Missouri Record
November 18, 2010 08:00 AM

An issue likely to be debated in the 2011 Missouri Legislative Session is the proposal to replace
state income tax—both individual and corporate—with a greatly expanded sales tax. Proponents
of the legislation refer to it as the “fair tax,” but Missourians should think twice because it is
anything but.

Missourians know that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That’s exactly the
case with the proposal to make a whopping change in how the state collects revenues.
Eliminating the income tax might sound great at first blush, but reality dictates that the revenue
that would be lost has to be made up somewhere else. Someone has to pay. And that someone is
the average Missouri family.

In fact, 95 percent of Missourians would pay considerably more in taxes under the “fair tax."
(seems kind of strange to keep calling it that; maybe the "mega sales tax" would be a more fitting
name). How does that happen? It’s pretty simple. Missouri would become completely reliant on
a greatly expanded sales tax.

First, the way the legislation is written, the new sales tax would apply to nearly everything that is
purchased. This includes food, prescription medicine, new cars, even new homes. And it would
also apply to all services, like child care, nursing homes and assisted living for seniors, doctor’s
office visits, legal counseling, and financial services, and much, much more—even funerals. No
other state taxes services to that extent. Rather than attracting businesses to Missouri, we’d be
encouraging people who live here to buy someplace else—practically pushing them across the
border.

Second, the rate of sales tax people pay would have to go up too—a lot. That increase would be
for things now taxable and the new items. How much? The Missouri Budget Project working in
partnership with the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy calculated that sales taxes would
need to be increased to 11 percent. Yes, the legislation itself says 5 to 7 percent (compared to the
4.225 percent people pay now), but that understates how much money the state would have to
collect.

Ours isn’t the only analysis that parts company with what the legislation contends to be the rate.
The nonpartisan Missouri Joint Committee on Tax Policy's research says the state sales tax rate
would be at least 10 percent depending on which version of the legislation is analyzed. These
estimates don’t even include the local sales tax rate, which would add an additional 2 percent.
But, shhh…. fair tax supporters don’t want you to know that.

It is clear who would bear the brunt of that increased tax rate. Middle-income Missourians
(including most seniors) would be hit the hardest because they have to spend a higher portion of
their incomes on essential products and services.

Supporters of this radical proposal like to point out that there are other states that exist without
income tax. That’s true. But those states collect much more revenue from things like tourism or
oil and mineral extraction taxes than Missouri could. No state has a system like what’s proposed
for Missouri. There’s no comparison to assess the economic ramifications.

We do know for sure, though, that Missouri’s sales tax rate would go up dramatically. And we
know that about 70 percent of our population lives in easy proximity to other states. Those states
would all have considerably lower sales tax rates and apply the tax to fewer services. The so-
called fair tax would boost economic development all right—for Kansas, Illinois, Iowa,
Oklahoma and Arkansas; every state but Missouri.

No tax structure is perfect, and Missouri’s definitely needs some reforms. But not the fair tax;
it’s a flawed concept that threatens Missouri’s well being. It raises taxes on middle-income
households and gives the wealthiest the biggest breaks. Let’s look at other, tested and proven
effective ways to update the state income tax.

Amy Blouin is the Executive Director of the Missouri Budget Project, an organization dedicated
to advance public policies that improve economic opportunities for all Missourians –
particularly low and middle-income families – by providing reliable and objective research,
public education and advocacy.

http://www.mobudget.org/files/Fair_Tax_Anything_But_Fair.pdf

A RESOLUTION OF THE WEST COUNTY DEMOCRATS

*Whereas, the West County Democrats are aware of a petition effort to place on the ballot a measure to abolish the St. Louis City earnings tax and,

*Whereas one Rex Sinquefield is spending millions of dollars in an attempt to make this a successful petition drive, and

*Whereas we believe the St. Louis City earnings tax is an absolute necessity to the financial well being of the City of St. Louis, making up 37% of the City’s budget and,

*Whereas, an elimination of 37% in public revenue for the City of St. Louis and making up such a shortfall will lessen the opportunity of support for education and other important social services, and

*Whereas the financial stability of the City of St. Louis is important to the St. Louis metro region and the State of Missouri as well and,

*Whereas many voters will be asked to sign this petition, often not knowing the adverse impact it would have if successful and,

*Whereas the West County Democrats have an interest in avoidance of a disruption in necessary revenue for the City of St. Louis and in avoiding the ripple effect throughout the St. Louis region and the State of Missouri, and

*Whereas we believe that no petition effort should be successful simply because of vast expenditures of money to hire petition signature gatherers and advertise extensively,

*Now therefore, be it resolved and it is hereby resolved that the West County Democrats see the effort to abolish the St. Louis city earnings tax as ill advised and urge those who are approached to sign this petition to decline to sign.

Done this 12th day of April, 2010,
at the regular meeting of the West County Democrats in St. Louis County.

 West County Democrats Co Chairs Jo Ann Hughes and Beverly White
Attest: Linda Tinker, Secretary