Strange Tax Day Ahead for Eastern Missourians

Economy |
By David Stokes | Read Time 1 min

That’s right, your traditional May 19 deadline is approaching. Because of the floods, procrastinators were given an extra month to procrastinate even further. While the Missouri Budget Project would have us believe that taxes pay for all sorts of wonderful things, and only some selfish bastards would like to keep more of their own money, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that taxes also pay for crap like this.

David Stokes

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David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from...

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