Monday Poll results: Get tougher on tax breaks in Kansas City

The fate of Kansas City’s 1 percent earnings tax generated strong feedback in the latest Monday Poll.

The most striking result was that a large majority of the more than 500 responses to the poll wanted City Hall to approve less generous tax breaks to businesses in the future.

The full results:

1) I live in Kansas City and I’m definitely voting to extend the earnings tax.

Agree strongly 47%

Agree 6%

Disagree 7%

Disagree strongly 40%

2) It’s unfair to impose this tax on people who live in Johnson County or other parts of the region outside the limits of Kansas City.

Agree strongly 30%

Agree 7%

Disagree 14%

Disagree strongly 49%

3) Politicians like Mayor Sly James have gone overboard in threatening to cut police officers and firefighters if the tax does not pass.

Agree strongly 36%

Agree 13%

Disagree 22%

Disagree strongly 29%

4) No matter what happens on Tuesday, City Hall in the future should approve less generous tax breaks that divert the earnings tax from paying for basic public services.

Agree strongly 52%

Agree 26%

Disagree 12%

Disagree strongly 9%

This story was originally published April 5, 2016 at 3:02 PM with the headline "Monday Poll results: Get tougher on tax breaks in Kansas City."