Nope.

Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission for the dark money PAC helping to perpetuate right wingnut welfare for millionaires and billionaires:

C264249 07/22/2026 Missouri Promise PAC Secure Missouri 308 East High Street, Suite 300 Jefferson City MO 65101 7/21/2026 $1,450,000.00

[emphasis added]

The “populism” is so touching.

….Secure Missouri was formed to support Governor Mike Kehoe’s vision….

“Surprisingly”, there are skeptics (from April):

I plan on voting no on this bill it will cost Missouri and extra money retired people low income Social Security recipients Medicaid recipients all of these do not pay state income taxes but they will have to start paying the higher sales tax I for one will go across the state lines to buy whatever I need this is not good for the state of Missouri the only people that will gain from it are the wealthy people

You are exactly right. Seniors and low income will suffer as the tax rate will go higher and they will suffer.

lottery, casinos, dispensaries, online gambling…all were supposed to fund schools. You would think with all that allegedly going to schools we would be ranked much higher in education. Personally I think they want everyone to be stoned, stupid and broke so nobody pays attention to what they are doing.

He just can’t say how that money will be replaced.

Funny that.

Keep income tax and get rid of personal property tax!

Voting No! Bad idea Mr kehoe

Why dont you have a public town hall mtg gov. Let people express some concerns they have with your plan.

You know, travel across the state…

Why are you presenting non-facts as facts?

I don’t know? Skeptical

The Governor is lying again, his lips are moving.

It’s not going to affect public education dollars. But what will the percent of sales tax be to offset the income income tax? What will the percentage be? In Green County right now we pay right around 8.1% in sales tax. Every time we go to the grocery store every time we buy a car. So if you add 4% 8% on that. Then go purchase a $40,000 car. And then you have to pay a 16% sales tax on that. Yeah it’s gonna devastate the middle class. While Rich business owners are gonna kick back and laugh. You’re gonna have to have a better plan to convince me as a voter that this isn’t going to raise the sales tax one dime. Most homeowners already know that most schools and everything are paid through their property tax. We already know that you guys lied to us with the lottery. It never has gone directly to schools. It’s gone directly into the general fund and then the state does what the state is always done allocate so much money to our school systems. None of you politicians can be trusted. I don’t care if you’re republican or democrat. You take our money and waste it. And then you make your backroom deals with big business. This stuff has to stop. Do you want to do something? That’s good. Reconstruct how you fund school systems. Make sure every dime of the lottery goes into the school system. And abolish property tax, not state income tax. But you guys aren’t gonna do that because special interest will start crying? You guys in State Office need to grow a spine or just get out and let somebody in there that can handle the problems that the middle class in the state are facing.

Voting no, bad idea Mr. Kehoe!

No income tax will help the millionaires and billionaires, and a sales tax will hurt the middle class and seniors on a limited budget

Bingo!

Do the math for us Mike. Show us how this will keep more money in our pockets. And make sure you include the increased sales taxes in your figure. I GUARANTEE the end figures show us with LESS money in pur pockets.

If you’re close to retirement, vote no! You’ll be paying other taxes to make up for this for the rest of your life after paying income tax your whole working life. This will hurt any retirees that are living on a fixed income!

Only people keeping their own money will be the rich. Because the rest of us will be paying for the money they get to keep!

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No it’s not, you’re just gonna take the money from somewhere else most likely in sales tax, stuff is about ready to get really expensive

I vote No !, it means more other taxes hitting those retired, fixed income, disabled, making us pay more and the young working Missourians paying more too, even with greater take home pay. Vote No !

So instead of just taking it from my check you’ll let me see it then over tax me in every way possible but my income

That just about sums it up.

When I’m not sure what politics are trying to explain, I vote against that razzle dazzle

Brother we need to show some common sense, and ban shurea law in Missouri.

Uh?

He thinks full funding is zero$.

Benefiting your cronies and donors at the expense of people you’re “claiming” to help. Missouri is indeed being run like a used car lot…

No details are bad details. Too much legislative Trump-like power.

JUST FOR THE RICH

Talk about what it does to your grandma and grandpa who paid their income taxes anyone who votes yes just admit you don’t care about your grandparents

HYPOCRISY AND LIES
trump economics!

Missourians need only consider one word in evaluating Kehoe’s plan. That word is Brownback. We should all recall the sorry saga of the Kansas governor who almost bankrupt the State. Missouri is known as a “low tax, low service” state. Our tax burden per capital is one of the lowest in the nation. Recent reductions in income tax rates and corporate tax rates have not caused a stampede of new businesses into the State. Missouri’s reputation for substandard and underfunded schools, roads and other infrastructure, and inadequate public services is much more responsible for new business development than our state tax rates.

Remember Kansas.

Well he is a liar.

Same old republican verbage…vote no and then vote them out of office.

Mike kehoe is a politician. Deception is his moto. Vote no.

No way! Your going to raise sales tax and we will all be paying more! This clowns got to go! Im so sick of these politicians thinking we are all so stupid

Crook!

If it’s promoted by the republicans,…you can bet your bottom dollar it will help the rich!!!

NO, He LIES like his leader

Tax hike Mike at his best.

Vote No. I am a Republican. Did you see them? Squint, you can see the strings attached to this puppet.
Do your research. At first they will raise the sales tax to 8%. Which means in Springfield you could pay
12% or higher tax. Branson would pay 16%. That’s if it works. It will go up as they spend and need more.
Analysts suggest this would result in higher overall taxes for 80% of Missourians, pushing the combined rate substantially higher in areas like Springfield that already have high local taxes.
80%? Want to know why. Because people on Social Security would pay more. People on Disability would pay much more. Millitary people on Disability would pay much more. The working poor would pay much more. Active Millitary Soldiers would pay much more. Those on Millitary pensions would pay more. Millitary retirees contribute 30 billion to the economy. We will lose a big percentage of these folks.
Look at Wyoming sales tax it is 6%, they have no state tax. Look at Florida. The highest sales tax is 8%. They have no state tax. Do you see what these clowns are trying to do?
No state tax is a great idea. This is not a good idea.
Vote no. Cut the puppet strings from this idiot and the big interest ventriloquists that speaks for him.
This guy does not have the people’s interested heart. He has big business and corporations interest at heart.
I am ashamed I voted for him!

You knowingly and willingly defund education every year. Your plan hurts the poor and middle class!

Never beliethey hve this guy

A 15 second video?!?!? You need to do better than that!!!

And yet, apparently, they have very deep pockets.

Missouri voters pass and fail ballot issues couple times a yr and you and others in the Capitol overturn the people’s choices.
You sir can not be trusted.

He’s a liar. All he does is lie and this new tax plan will do nothing but give the rich more money and take from the poor.

This bill lets rich people keep their money, and raises all other taxes to make up the loss. We must not pass this law.

He is NOT telling the whole story. This will be replaced with another one of the swamps “solution” scheme that will cost double what he says. Kehoe is just another RINO protecting his power and his corporate donors. This state has not had a decent governor in forever! Do not buy this BS Missouri voters. It is a well- disguised tax increase to the people who can afford it the least and Kehoe is a lying snake!

I think it’s a very BAD IDEA!

No on Amendment 5.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: for billionaires and millionaires (May 30, 2026)

Bait and switch (June 3, 2026)

Campaign Finance: promising us high regressive sales taxes (June 14, 2026)

MoGop’s Dark Money (June 20, 2026)

Gov. Mike Kehoe (r): “Missouri voters are stupid” (June 24, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is a suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 7, 2026)

Campaign Finance: When they say, “We’ll make the rubble bounce,” they add, “…this high.” (July 8, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Kings take pawns (July 10, 2026)

Campaign Finance: throw in dark money, stir… (July 16, 2026)

Campaign Finance: Missouri is an expensive suburb of Ohio…and Virginia (July 16, 2016)

Campaign Finance: Maryland, Virginia, whatever… (July 18, 2026)