Democrat Jay Nixon proposed a plan for the state to change all that. Nixon, who's running for the democratic nomination for governor, says his tax relief plan would help a lot of Missouri seniors; 65,000 of them to be exact.

One change Nixon wants is to raise the maximum property tax credit from 750 dollars to one-thousand dollars.

"The requirements under the law right now stipulate what your income level has to be in order to qualify for the credit, so if Attorney General Nixon is looking at increasing that, I believe it's 750 now, and he's looking to increase that, that just means more money on the bottom line for our seniors," said Pat Lensmeyer, Boone County collector's office.

Nixon says his plan would also help married seniors by eliminating a gap in property tax exemptions between married and single taxpayers. The spousal exemption would rise from two-thousand to 20-thousand dollars.

"It's not going to help those who have fairly high incomes. Some seniors do have high incomes, but this will help the ones who are in the lower income area, I would think," said Barbara Marston, Columbia Senior Center.

Nixon agrees, saying his changes would help married seniors and other couples making less than 52-thousand dollars a year. MU economic policy experts estimate Nixon's plan to cost between 43 and 51 million dollars.