A view from Rural Missouri Posted on February 10, 2025 at 04:04:53 PM by Jesse Piper
I was walking into the local brewery and I saw a new Ford Mustang in the parking lot with “Missouri Senator” tags. I saw a truck with “Don’t tread on me” tags. I wasn’t invited to the event I was about to crash. I went anyway.
Americans for Prosperity was hosting local lawmakers on a tour around the state to promote eliminating the income tax. Missouri Republicans have written this resolution to eliminate the tax, but these lawmakers have not outlined how the tax that provides 65% of the general revenue would be dismantled without severe cuts to state programs.
Programs like schools, roads, police, and fire.
Americans for Prosperity is a Koch-funded “think tank,” so you can imagine the ideology they promote. I am very familiar with the organization and the local AFP representative. He is a local guy working for billionaires. He admits he is far from wealthy.
He said, “I don’t hear from the Kochs too often — I’m not invited over very much.” It was meant to be a sarcastic remark when I asked him who funded the state tour to eliminate income tax. I thought it was a sad revelation though.
I often encounter people who are barely making ends meet while promoting the agenda of billionaires who keep their wages low and healthcare out of their reach and their kids’ educations defunded. Replies: