Would an Income-tax Cut Benefit Missouri?

David Stokes on Sep 14, 2022

Economy

WATCH: Taxes Have Consequences with Arthur B. Laffer, Jeanne Sinquefield and Brian Domitrovic

On September 20, 2022, Show-Me Institute and Show-Me Opportunity hosted a discussion with Arthur B. Laffer, Jeanne Sinquefield and Brian Domitrovic about their upcoming book Taxes Have Consequences: An Income […]

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Pay Differentiation Can Heal Missouri’s “Teaching Shortage”

Amidst a “teaching shortage” that is driving almost 25% of Missouri school districts into four-day school weeks, Missouri schools and officials are searching for relief and solutions. The Missouri Blue […]

State and Local Government

The Legendary Loop Trolley Saga Continues

A familiar sentence for St. Louis residents: The Loop Trolley is back in the news! Show-Me Institute analysts have been covering this issue for a long time, and lucky for […]

We’re Number Four? With James V. Shuls

Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls about his return to the Show-Me Institute, the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card, and more. James V. Shuls is an assistant professor of […]

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This Is What Number Four Looks Like?

By now, we have all seen that wonderful photo of the young child sitting in the backseat of her parents’ car. You know, the one where the adorable blonde with […]

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Perry County Should Reduce Its Commercial Property Tax Surcharge

In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property tax on business merchandise and inventory and replacing it with […]

Corporate Welfare

Ballwin TIF Ends; Clear Failure Lauded as “Great Success” by Municipal Apparatchiks

In the great film “The Death of Stalin,” there are many fantastic scenes of a dark-comic nature where the members of the Soviet Politburo try to figure out the best […]

Turning Teachers into Entrepreneurs

Being an entrepreneur is hard work. Or so I’m told. I’ve never actually been an entrepreneur. From what I gather, to become one you must have an idea of a […]

A Letter to the Editor: Roll Back Personal Property Tax Rates

Used car values have risen dramatically in Missouri. Prices for used cars increased 25 percent in 2021 alone. Because Missouri is one of the only states with a personal property […]

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Corporate Welfare

Agricultural Tax Credits Are Still a Bad Deal

Last week, Governor Parson called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to pass the “largest tax cut in state history.” In addition, the governor called for the extension and […]

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State and Local Government

Affordable Housing and Kansas City: Further Thoughts

(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, and part eight in this series here.) The concerns people have over housing affordability raise a number of policy […]

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