In 1980, Missouri voters passed the Hancock Amendment to the state constitution, which limited the legislature's ability to raise state revenue beyond a threshold of 5.6 percent of an individual taxpayer's income.
WHAT OTHERS SAY: Low state taxes don't benefit Missourians
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | 4:02 p.m. CDT
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