SECOND REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 44

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SMITH (14) (Sponsor), WILSON (119), KOENIG AND FUNDERBURK (Co-sponsors).

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      Whereas, this global recession has spread economic stress across all income levels, with lower- and middle-income Americans especially hit hard; and

            Whereas, a frugal lifestyle and stretching the daily living expenses is a necessity for hardworking lower- and middle-income Americans; and

            Whereas, governments faced with their own economic shortfalls reflexively pursue indiscriminate taxes rather than reigning in expenditures; and

            Whereas, it is vital that public policymakers help hardworking Americans retain their tenuous hold on financial security by shielding them from even more burdensome discriminatory taxes:

            Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fifth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, fully support the hardworking Americans and oppose all efforts, federally and on the state level, to impose discriminatory taxes on food or beverages.

            Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation.