March 8, 2011

Advocates of the effort to eliminate Missouri’s income taxes and replace them with a greatly expanded sales tax often attempt to correlate the income tax with population growth. A review of population growth over times shows only a continuation of U.S. migration patterns, Read More

Proponents of proposals to replace the state’s income tax with a greatly expanded sales tax assert that doing so will increase economic growth.  An analysis of the data shows that there is no relationship between state income tax and state economic growth.  To Read More