Missouri Education Tax Increase, Proposition B (1991)
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The Missouri Education Tax Increase, Proposition B was on the November 5, 1991 ballot in Missouri, where it was overwhelmingly defeated with just 33% of voters in favor. A Missouri newspaper referred to the defeat as the biggest news story of the year in Missouri in 1991.
The amendment was legislatively-referred to the ballot by the Missouri State Legislature.
Proposition B was intended to raise $385 million in new taxes to fund various educational programs in the state. The taxes would have been:
- An increase in the state's cigarette tax.
- A 3/8th cent sales tax.
- A limit on the extent to which federal income tax payments could be deducted when calculating Missouri income tax liabilities.
- Additional taxes on some corporations.
Funds raised through these taxes were to:
- Reduce class sizes in early grades to 15 or fewer students per classroom.
- Programs to involve parents.
Campaign spending
The group that advocated a "yes" vote on Proposition B was called "Missourians for Quality Education". This group spent $1.5 million in an ultimately futile attempt to pass Proposition B. Two small opposition groups spent a total of $60,000 on their campaign for a "no" vote.
External links
- Missouri Government and Politic, by Richard J. Hardy, Richard R. Dohm, David A. Leuthold, pp. 261-262.
- Proposition B's defeat was Missouri's biggest story of '91
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