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Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be retooled and reformed.

Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax.

Washington does not tax too little: it spends way too much.

I don't think the folks in the low-tax states really want to go into a fairness discussion. Residents of Connecticut and New York would love to remind them how much they pay in federal taxes to support programs for Mississippi and South Dakota.

More Missourians are working than ever before.

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

Unlike the federal government, most states don't have the option of running a deficit.

The biggest and most deadly 'tax' rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits - food stamps, housing subsidies and the like - if their income goes up.

South Dakota is a great state because of its values, not because of dependence on government.

There is no such thing as a good tax.