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Ballot Measures: St. Louis County Proposition H
This is the tenth in a series of articles on Missouri ballot measures.
Prop H authorizes a 1.85% sales tax on large out-of-state purchases made by businesses. I’m not inclined to give a free pass to business, and the list of improvements that the county is hoping to make with this tax — including better communication between the police and fire departments — are all things that I support. But I wonder if now is the appropriate time to levy an additional tax on local businesses. However, given that this is correcting a discrepancy (businesses that buy in-state must pay sales tax), I’m inclined to support it. There’s no reason for our tax policy to encourage you to buy out-of-state when all other things are equal. So, a reluctant YES on H.
Posted by on 3 November 2008 at 2:39 PM
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