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campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, regressive taxation, taxes, transportation
It doesn’t end. The past two days, at the Missouri Ethics Commission, for the folks promoting a regressive tax on the ballot:
C131133 07/22/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC International Union of Operating Engineers 1125 Seventeenth Street Northwest Washington DC 20038 7/22/2014 $75,000.00
C131133 07/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Laborers International Union of North America Laborers Local No 110 4532 S Lindbergh Blvd Sunset Hills MO 63127 7/23/2014 $50,000.00
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C131133 07/22/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC American Bridge 1000 American Bridge Way Coraopolis PA 15108 7/22/2014 $20,000.00
C131133 07/22/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC St. Louis Regional Chamber One Metropolitan Square Suite 1300 St Louis MO 63102 7/22/2014 $10,000.00
C131133 07/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Norris Asphalt Paving Co PO Box 695 Ottumwa IA 52501 7/23/2014 $10,000.00
C131133 07/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Missouri Asphalt Pavement Assn PO Box 104855 Jefferson City MO 65110 7/23/2014 $7,500.00
C131133 07/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Polsinelli 900 W 48th Place Suite 900 Kansas City MO 64112 7/23/2014 $7,500.00
C131133 07/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Witte Bros. Exchange Inc. 575 Witte Industrial Ct Troy MO 63379 7/23/2014 $15,000.00
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You know, if we lived in a Libertarian paradise we wouldn’t have to bother funding any socialist public infrastructure by any means.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 5 (July 21, 2014)
Campaign Finance: there is no end (July 18, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Goliath and David (July 18, 2014)
Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 4 (July 10, 2014)
Campaign Finance: there is no end (July 7, 2014)
Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 3 (July 4, 2014)
Campaign Finance: bedfellows – part 2 (July 2, 2014)
Campaign Finance: bedfellows (June 27, 2014)
Campaign Finance: “Your majesty, the special interests are regressive…” (June 27, 2014)
Campaign Finance: Prepare yourself for the ads… (June 24, 2014)
Campaign Finance: the dough keeps rolling in (June 22, 2014)
Campaign Finance: escalation (June 17, 2014)
Campaign Finance: What’s an increase in regressive taxes among friends anyway? (June 10, 2014)
Nix the sales tax: A question of fairness – and progessive identity (June 9, 2014)
Gov. Jay Nixon: “…This tax hike is neither a fair nor fiscally responsible solution…” (June 2, 2014)