Missouri Jobs with Justice is teaming up with other organizations to educate residents about the impacts it believes the elimination of the state’s income tax would have. Wednesday night, the coalition hosted what it called an “emergency meeting” in Springfield at the Library Center’s Hatch Auditorium. It’s one of 12 “Fighting for MO” meetings being held across Missouri this month. The Hatch Auditorium holds 500, and many seats were filled.
The event began with the chant, “the people united, shall never be defeated.”
Speakers pushed for things like fair housing, livable wages, protection from discrimination, immigrants’ rights, women’s rights and more. And they pushed back on an effort to eliminate the state’s income tax…