Kinder Says MHDC Property Tax Relief Program Is A 'Half-Baked' 'Welfare' Program

Lt. Governor Peter Kinder says the Missouri Housing Development Commission's plan to provide tax breaks for homebuyers is a "half-baked proposal" that amounts to "welfare."

Rich AuBuchon, Kinder's Chief of Staff, says the entire program is a "waste of money."

Kinder spokesman Gary McElyea echoed comments from AFP's Carl Bearden, who said the program "robbed the poor and gave to other poor" and was just "symbolism, feel good politics."

Back on the Planet Earth, Republicans generally refrain from describing reduced tax burdens as "welfare" or "wastes of money."