Strange Tax Day Ahead for Eastern Missourians

Economy | May 16, 2008

By David Stokes | Read Time 1 minute

That’s right, your traditional May 19 deadline is approaching. Because of the floods, procrastinators were given an extra month to procrastinate even further. While the Missouri Budget Project would have us believe that taxes pay for all sorts of wonderful things, and only some selfish bastards would like to keep more of their own money, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that taxes also pay for crap like this.

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David Stokes

David Stokes is a St. Louis native and a graduate of Saint Louis University High School and Fairfield (Conn.) University. He spent six years as a political aide at the St. Louis County Council before joining the Show-Me Institute in 2007. Stokes was a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute from 2007 to 2016. From 2016 through 2020 he was Executive Director of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, where he led efforts to oppose harmful floodplain developments done with abusive tax subsidies. Stokes rejoined the Institute in early 2021 as the Director of Municipal Policy. He is a past president of the University City Library Board. He served on the St. Louis County 2010 Council Redistricting Commission and was the 2012 representative to the Electoral College from Missouri’s First Congressional District. He lives in University City with his wife and their three children.

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