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May 10, 2013
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.” John F. Kennedy As MO returns to budget surpluses after several years of high unemployment and stagnant economic growth, our elected leaders may be tempted to return to the days of spending those budget surpluses. Overspending and unbalanced budgets may be the way [...]
May 10, 2013
North West, MO – Americans for Prosperity – Missouri, the state’s leading advocate for fiscal responsibility and prosperity, traveled to Chillicothe, St. Joseph, & Maryville for the third leg of their Bold Ideas Tour. The group met with supporters in Chillicothe, St. Joseph, & Maryville to discuss how our Missouri elected officials need to implement [...]
May 02, 2013
South East, MO – Americans for Prosperity – Missouri, the state’s leading advocate for fiscal responsibility and prosperity, traveled to Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, & Poplar Bluff for the second leg of their Bold Ideas Tour. AFP – Missouri met with supporters in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston, & Poplar Bluff to discuss how our Governor Nixon must [...]
March 12, 2013
Jefferson City, MO – Americans for Prosperity – Missouri, the state’s leading advocate for fiscal responsibility and prosperity, applauds Senator Dan Brown’s leadership on the passage of Senate Bill 29, known as Paycheck Protection, in the Missouri Senate. The bill simply states that public employee unions must seek annual consent in order to automatically deduct [...]
January 31, 2013
Just days after Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon outlined plans for spending the additional revenue coming into state coffers, some legislators are resurrecting a proposed constitutional amendment that would curb such spending. The proposed ballot initiative, known as HJR17, would ask voters to impose a lid that essentially would restrict spending growth to 3 percent, plus [...]