Count de Monet: It is said that the people are revolting.

King Louis XVI: You said it! They stink on ice!

The folks promoting a regressive tax on the ballot continue raising the cash – at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131133 06/26/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC The Monarch Cement Company PO Box 1000 Humboldt KS 66748 6/25/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/26/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Central Plains Cement LLC 2200 North Courtney Road Sugar Creek MO 64050 6/25/2014 $25,000.00

C131133 06/26/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Ash Grove Cement Company PO Box 25900 Overland Park KS 66225 6/25/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/26/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Continental Cement Co LLC 10107 Highway 79 Hannibal MO 63401 6/25/2014 $20,000.00

C131133 06/26/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Pace Construction Company 1620 Woodson Road St Louis MO 63114 6/25/2014 $17,500.00

C131133 06/26/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Massman Construction Co PO Box 8458 Kansas City MO 64114 6/25/2014 $50,000.00

It’s a seemingly endless supply.

Previously:

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)

…extolling the virtues of a regressive tax. Except they won’t tell you those virtues don’t accrue to working families.

Yesterday, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC DeLong’s Inc. PO Box 479 Jefferson City MO 65102 6/23/2014 $25,000.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC N.B. West Contracting Co. 2780 Mary Ave. St Louis MO 63144 6/23/2014 $25,000.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Phillips Hardy 15290 Highway 135 Boonville MO 65233 6/23/2014 $20,000.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Twehous Excavating Company, Inc. 8514 Liberty Rd. Jefferson City MO 65101 6/23/2014 $12,500.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC SRA Insurance Agency, LLC 5201 Johnson Drive, Suite 500 Mission KS 66205 6/23/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Vance Brothers PO Box 300107 Kansas City MO 64130 6/23/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Branco Enterprises, Inc. PO Box 459 Neosho MO 64850 6/23/2014 $7,500.00

C131133 06/23/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Industry Advancement Fund/Heavy Contractors Association 3101 Broadway, Suite 780 Kansas City MO 64111 6/23/2014 $160,000.00

[emphasis added]

That last one is in chess territory.

Previously:

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)

The folks promoting a regressive tax on the November ballot continue having a good week at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131133 06/19/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC George J. Siebers & Co. PO Box 9340 Merriam KS 66201 6/18/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/20/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. 2301 I 70 Dr. NW Columbia MO 65202 6/19/2014 $75,000.00

C131133 06/20/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Garver, LLC 4701 Northshore Drive N Little Rock AR 72118 6/19/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/20/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce (Civic Progress) 213 Adams, P.O. Box 776 Jefferson City MO 65102 6/19/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/21/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC American Council of Engineering Companies 1015 Fifteenth Street NW Washington DC 20005 6/20/2014 $20,000.00

C131133 06/21/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC ACEC/Missouri 200 East McCarty Suite 201 Jefferson City MO 65101 6/20/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/21/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Consulting Engineers Council of MO Political Action Committee 200 East McCarty Suite 201 Jefferson City MO 65101 6/20/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/21/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Thomas McGee LC Insurance Agency 920 Main St Suite 1700 Kansas City MO 64141 6/20/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

Nice round numbers, eh?

Previously:

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)

The folks promoting a regressive tax on the November ballot are having a good week at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C131133 06/13/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Missouri Asphalt Pavement Assn Political Action Committee PO Box 104855 Jefferson City MO 65109 6/13/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/16/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Snyder Construction Company 2120 Davis Blvd Joplin MO 64804 6/16/2014 $10,000.00

C131133 06/16/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Kiewit Infrastructure Co. 9401 Renner Boulevard Lenexa KS 66219 6/16/2014 $50,000.00

C131133 06/17/2014 MISSOURIANS FOR SAFE TRANSPORTATION & NEW JOBS INC Industry Advancement Fund Heavy Constructors Association 3101 Broadway Suite 780 Kansas City MO 64111 6/17/2014 $160,000.00

[emphasis added]

That last one’s in chess playing territory…

Previously:

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)

A release from the office of Governor Jay Nixon:

Gov. Nixon issues statement on transportation tax

June 2, 2014

Jefferson City, MO

Gov. Jay Nixon today issued the following statement regarding the sales tax increase for transportation that will appear on the August ballot. The proposal would increase sales taxes by $6.1 billion over ten years.

We can all agree on the need for a robust discussion about Missouri’s long-term transportation infrastructure needs. Along with a highly-skilled workforce, quality schools, and healthy communities, well-maintained roads and bridges are key to our economic competitiveness.  However, any proposal to change how we fund transportation must be considered in the context of the overall tax policy of our state and funding for other priorities like education.

Recently, members of the General Assembly have been engaged in a relentless effort to erode Missouri’s tax base by carving out new loopholes and exemptions for wealthy individuals and businesses.  In the past two months alone, the legislature has passed over a billion dollars in tax breaks that disproportionately benefit the most affluent taxpayers and businesses.  These misguided policies, including the $776 million package of primarily sales tax giveaways rushed through on the last day of session, have shifted the tax burden away from the wealthy and onto working Missourians, while undermining support for education and other vital public services that create opportunity for Missouri families.

On the heels of this headlong rush to provide special breaks and carve-outs for the wealthy and well-connected, members of the General Assembly are now attempting to raise taxes on all Missourians.  The burden of this $6.1 billion sales tax increase would fall disproportionately on Missouri’s working families and seniors by increasing the cost of everyday necessities like diapers and over-the-counter medication, while giving the heaviest users of our roads a free pass.  If this effort is successful, Missouri will have the dubious distinction of being a state that, in a matter of months, cut taxes on lawyers and lobbyists, but hiked taxes on bar soap and baseball gloves.      

I cannot in good conscience endorse a $6.1 billion tax hike on Missouri families and seniors when special interests and the wealthy are being showered with sweetheart deals.  This tax hike is neither a fair nor fiscally responsible solution to our transportation infrastructure needs and it does not have my support.

“…This tax hike is neither a fair nor fiscally responsible solution…”

That’s the main feature of any regressive tax.