Professor: E-tax isn’t all that bad

The Show-Me Institute, a Missouri think tank with a libertarian bent, keeps a Mizzou professor on its payroll. The professor, Joseph H. Haslag, has written reports critical of the earnings tax that Kansas City and St. Louis collect. Rex Sinquefield, the Show-Me Institute’s wealthy president, is bankrolling a campaign to repeal the earnings tax, which also takes a bite from business profits.

Others think the tax is a sensible way to raise money.