Tim Jones: Our veto has turned Missouri into a pro-growth state

(From Speaker of the House Tim Jones, R-Eureka)

Speaker Tim Jones has issued the following statement on the legislature’s successful override of Governor Nixon’s veto on a bill to lower Missouri's tax rate on its workers and small business owners.

“Today, we showed Missourians why they elected a Republican supermajority to the Missouri legislature: we pass important, conservative policies. Updating our tax laws is an essential, pro-growth reform which will improve our economy by allowing small businesses, farmers, and families across our state to keep more of their own money. Our high tax rate has been harming our economy, making our state less competitive and resulting in thousands of Missourians leaving our state for low-tax states like Florida and Kansas,” said Speaker Jones.

“Missouri’s economy has become stagnant under Governor Nixon’s watch. The median income has dropped by more than $1,500, and all too often the news reports that yet another Missouri company has moved just across the border to take advantage of more business-friendly policies. Passing this common sense tax reform into law is the first step toward transforming Missouri into a pro-growth state.”