{"id":99138,"date":"2026-07-26T07:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=99138"},"modified":"2026-07-26T07:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:22:34","slug":"missouri-bishops-warn-elimination-of-state-income-tax-could-burden-lower-income-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/missouri-bishops-warn-elimination-of-state-income-tax-could-burden-lower-income-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri bishops warn elimination of state income tax could burden lower-income residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missouri\u2019s Catholic bishops are urging state voters to consider \u201cjustice and equity\u201d ahead of a state vote that may eliminate personal income tax there, with the prelates warning that such a measure could adversely impact low-income residents.<\/p>\n

Voters in the state will decide on Aug. 4 whether to approve Amendment 5, which would reduce and eventually eliminate Missouri\u2019s income tax.<\/p>\n

The measure also would mandate the \u201c[reduction of] personal property and other local taxes when local revenues increase.\u201d The amendment would allow sales taxes to make up the difference in state revenue.<\/p>\n

Dans a statement this month<\/a>, Missouri\u2019s four Catholic bishops urged voters to consider \u201cthe moral principles that should guide us in pondering any tax proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Catholic Church, they pointed out, does not mandate that governments adopt \u201cany particular tax model,\u201d but the Church does teach that \u201cevery system of taxation must serve the common good\u201d and be guided by justice. <\/p>\n

The bishops warned that shifting to sales taxes, which are regressive, places a larger per-income burden on lower-income taxpayers and \u201cshould be approached with prudence.\u201d<\/p>\n

They acknowledged that supporters of the income tax repeal have \u201ca sincere desire to promote the long-term prosperity\u201d of Missouri. But such aims should be \u201cweighed alongside the potential effects on those who are most vulnerable,\u201d they argued. <\/p>\n

The bishops further called on the government to preserve tax-based incentives for charitable giving. <\/p>\n

The prelates urged voters to \u201cthoughtfully\u201d discern their vote on the amendment in light of the Church\u2019s teachings. They also urged the government to \u201censure the needs of the poor and vulnerable remain at the forefront of public policy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Polling has shown that a slight majority of Missouri residents favor eliminating the state income tax. An SLU\/YouGov poll from February 2025<\/a> said 52% of voters there support eliminating the state income tax.<\/p>\n

Just 29% of voters in a February 2026 poll, meanwhile, preferred income taxes to sales taxes.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.ewtnnews.com\/world\/us\/missouri-bishops-warn-elimination-of-state-income-tax-could-burden-lower-income-residents<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missouri\u2019s Catholic bishops are urging state voters to consider \u201cjustice and equity\u201d ahead of a state vote that may eliminate personal income tax there, with the prelates warning that such a measure could adversely impact low-income residents. Voters in the state will decide on Aug. 4 whether to approve Amendment 5, which would reduce and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-99138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":99706,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/un-human-rights-commissioner-presses-nicaragua-for-answers-on-missing-bishop\/","url_meta":{"origin":99138,"position":0},"title":"UN human rights commissioner presses Nicaragua for answers on missing bishop","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juillet 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker T\u00fcrk demanded that the Nicaraguan regime provide information on the whereabouts and condition of Bishop Abelardo Mata, who has been subjected to enforced disappearance since late June.\u201cI am concerned by reports of repression against the Catholic Church and other religious denominations, including\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans "Christian News"","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":98456,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/eu-lawmakers-push-special-envoy-on-pakistan-forced-conversions-ahead-of-appeal\/","url_meta":{"origin":99138,"position":1},"title":"EU lawmakers push special envoy on Pakistan forced conversions ahead of appeal","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"juillet 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Members of the European Parliament are urging Mairead McGuinness, the European Union\u02bcs special envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, to engage with Pakistan over forced religious conversions as the country\u02bcs Federal Constitutional Court is due to hear 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz\u02bcs appeal on Friday.The calls follow growing concern over reports\u2026","rel":"","context":"Dans "Christian News"","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100151,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99138\/revisions\/100151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99138"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=99138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}