Replacing state income taxes with sales taxes will help the rich and hurt the rest of us

Replacing state income taxes with sales taxes will help the rich and hurt the rest of us

(Getty Images) If Iowans want a glimpse of their future, they might just look to the south. To Missouri. Republicans there are asking people to approve a constitutional amendment next month to eliminate the state income tax and authorize an expansion of the sales tax to make up for the lost revenue. This would be a big change — and not a good one. The Missouri Budget Project, which has been critical of the plan, said this tax swap would mean mor…