CHUCK PURGASON IS ON RECORD SUPPORTING A LIFETIME TAX ON MISSOURIANS – WILL CONGRESSMAN ROY BLUNT SIGN ON AS WELL?

Blunt’s GOP Primary Opponent Purgason Is Sponsoring Constitutional Amendment To Enact Lifetime Tax on Missourians

Will Blunt Finally Let Republican Primary Voters Know Where He Stands On Increasing Taxes?


Today, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is asking Congressman Roy Blunt to follow his Republican primary opponent’s lead and take a stand on the lifetime tax on Missouri families, also known as the "fair tax". Missouri state Senator Chuck Purgason is the current sponsor of a constitutional amendment to repeal the Missouri state income tax on persons and corporations and replace it with a “fair tax.” The “fair tax” would replace the money generated from the income tax by placing a higher sales tax on all goods and services in the state. The Missouri Budget Project estimates that the average middle-income family with two young children could pay an additional $2,439 a year under the plan. [Post Dispatch, 1/12/10] Similar legislation is proposed every year on the federal level, H.R. 25.

“Congressman Roy Blunt’s primary opponent Chuck Purgason has taken a stand on the lifetime tax, so when will he?,” said DSCC National Press Secretary Deirdre Murphy. “Missouri voters have a right to know if Congressman Blunt supports the lifetime tax, which will end taxes for corporations that ship jobs overseas, while at the same time leading to higher grocery and prescription drug prices for Missouri families. Chuck Purgason thinks this is a good plan, does Roy Blunt?.”

If Purgason’s constitutional amendment succeeds, Missourians would see taxes increased on a wide range of goods and services including prescription drugs, funerals, doctor’s visits, and private K-12 schooling. Personal income taxes as well as corporate income taxes would be abolished. This would lead to the elimination of corporate taxes even for companies that ship jobs overseas.

Blunt Primary Challenger Purgason Sponsoring a Constitutional Amendment to Replace Income Tax With Higher Sales Tax. Chuck Purgason is sponsoring a constitutional amendment to repeal its income tax and replaces the money with a higher sales tax on all goods and services (SJR29). Under the Senate proposal, which would have to be approved by state voters, both the personal income tax and the corporate income tax would be eliminated. The sales tax would be applied to a greatly broadened base — for example, doctor’s visits, private K-12 schooling, prescription drugs and funerals. [Post-Dispatch, 1/28/10]