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Amendment 5: For equitable taxation, don’t fall for the bait-and-switch
by Thom Gross, retired Journalist, St Louis, MO Gov. Mike Kehoe’s signature tax plan, Amendment 5, is a classic bait-and-switch. It dangles before voters the shiny phaseout of income taxes. But if voters take the bait, they’ll find that they have swallowed unlimited new sales taxes and use taxes that they’ll never get to vote…