LISTEN TO WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7th SENATE DEBATE ON SJR29

The Missouri Senate heard testimony on the Missouri Jobs and Prosperity Act. SJR29, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Purgason, seeks to eliminate the state income tax and implement a sales and use tax.

This is an incredible conversation that really shows why this act is so important for Missouri. One of the more stunning numbers brought up in the debate was that last year's major economic development bill (HB 191) has not created a single new job for Missouri. Sen. Jason Crowell explains how he posed that question to the Department of Economic Development that keeps track of that data.

This debate is a great primer for any Missourian who wants understand how the state operates both taxation and economic development spending, and explains what isn't working about the status quo.