Ads to urge override of Nixon’s tax cut veto
Source: Columbia Tribune
During the next five weeks, Missourians will see an ad blitz designed to sway lawmakers to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill that would trim state income tax rates and slash in half the taxes paid by business owners.
Fueled by $2.4 million from wealthy conservative activist Rex Sinquefield, the ads promise that businesses will create jobs with the money rather than government using it for “increasing spending for special interests.” Sinquefield’s money is backing ads prepared for the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Missouri and the Missouri Club for Growth.
In response to the possible override, Nixon has withheld $400 million from the budget, eliminating increases for public schools, higher education and doctors who take Medicaid patients. There are provisions in the bill, Nixon and his supporters argue, that could drain as much as $1.2 billion from the treasury by June 30.
Nixon told reporters in Kansas City last week he would not try to match the ad campaign. “I’m not going to get into a check-writing contest with a billionaire,” he said.
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is a Dem! 
another fat cat "job creator"
