Petition to repeal income tax sparks opposition
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Petition to repeal income tax sparks opposition

Date: November 1, 2011
By: Stacey Kafka
State Capitol Bureau

Intro: 
While one group petitions to eliminate personal income tax, another forms to try to stop this change from taking place.
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Wrap: The Coalition for Missouri's future urged voters to vote against eliminating the state's income tax.

The current income tax would be replaced with a broad based sales tax.

Jim Moody of the Coalition for Missouri's Future says this tax is an everything tax.

Actuality:  INCTX1.WAV
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Description: "If it's the kinds of things Missouri families depend on and have to budget for when they're planning out their budget like we all do, it's taxed."

Let Voters Decide President Travis Brown says other states have already eliminated personal income tax and experienced growth due to this change.

With voter approval this tax change would ammend the state's constitution.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Stacey Kafka.

Intro: 
A new group forms to try to stop one Missouri billionaire from eliminating the state's personal income tax.
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Wrap: The Coalition for Missouri's future says they want to stop a group from ammending the state's Constitution.

 Jim Moody of the Coalition for Missouri's Future says he does not think replacing state income tax with higher sales tax is the right plan.

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Description: "It's a very bipolar tax plan when you think about how we're trying to simplify it, but yet we're putting all of these exemptions into the Constitution."

Let Voters Decide President Travis Brown says the new sales tax plan would have less exemptions than the current tax.

If the group gets enough signatures on the petition, it will be on the ballot next year.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Stacey Kafka.