Right now Kansas City legislators are coping with two petitions competing for/against a municipal minimum wage AND an ordinance not worth the paper on which its printed.
Meanwhile . . . The Statewide effort to raise the minimum wage is now on blast because these local efforts contradict solid Missouri legislation and could be easily defeated in court.
Accordingly . . .
CHECK THE MISSOURI LIBERTARIANS CALLING OUT KCMO & STL LEADERSHIP FOR MESSED PRIORITIES AMID THE FAIR WAGE FIGHT!!!
Mayor Sly is front and center in this argument. Take a look:
Missouri Mayors and the Minimum Wage
Money line and WHY MORE CASH UP FRONT MIGHT NOT HELP WORKERS OVER THE LONG HAUL . . .
"Kansas City and St. Louis have some of the highest taxes in the region. Both cities tax food, one of the most regressive forms of taxation and the most damaging to the poor. As we've written previously, not only does Kansas City levy regressive sales taxes, but its poor areas actually have a higher rate of sales taxes than wealthier areas. While some may argue that an equitable tax structure should broaden the base, what’s clear is that these tax policies are not written with any concern for the working poor. In fact, both cities also saddle workers with an additional 1% earnings tax, a tax imposed on the first dollar earned. There are no exemptions to spare the poor. And if a low-skilled worker in Kansas City is able to get a job in a restaurant, the city requires that they pay a food-handlers fee, something almost unheard of in the rest of the country.
"Both cities' public school districts suffer because the mayors and tax increment financing (TIF) commissions are eager to redirect property taxes to wealthy developers and away from the classrooms that would otherwise get the funds. Developers take the money and use it to build in the nice parts of town, away from the poor and legitimately blighted neighborhoods of Kansas City's East Side and St. Louis' North Side. Because of the disincentives of high city taxes and low city services, the city governments give out massive subsidies to businesses in the hope that they’ll stick around."
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This kinda wraps the current state of Kansas City into one issue . . . Other than the fact that while we're having this nice debate about compensation . . . A great many people in KCMO are killing each other with increased frequency.
Developing . . .
TKC, this is just like the applebee's mess. It's not about the economics, it's about the politics. Catch up with how the electeds really think and you might learn something!
ReplyDelete6:03 What planet are you on? It is ALL about the JACK, Mac!
ReplyDeleteManipulations in the crony club, nothing secret, just the state of business of the fittest (fattest at the top/shareholders) .
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ReplyDeleteAgree.
Huntsville Alabama is currently one of the top growing for STEM careers. (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) High quality of living and low housing costs. STEM pay rank #9
ReplyDeleteSly's CKMO #58
Bloomberg.
Sorry my error
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In reading this post, I could immediately tell an intelligent person had done their homework. Thus, I knew it wasn't from the KC Star.
ReplyDeleteWhen clicking on the link, no surprise, it's another thoughtful piece from Patrick Tuohey.
Mr. Tuohey should be included in the newly revised Ruckus panel rotation of Overton, Mirakian, Kemper, Freeman, Botello, and Tuohey.
(have I forgotten anyone?)
Patrick Ishmael does a really good job of calling out a lot of liberal nonsense.
ReplyDeleteMike Ferguson is a good conservative in the middle of Missouri.
Sly don't give a shit about poor people. It all about the doe ray me, with emphasis on the ME.
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