Thursday, March 01, 2007

Alabama Needs To Do This

I just read this article which says that Wyoming has eliminated the sales tax on food. The State of Alabama really needs to do this also.

Former Wyoming State Rep. Ann Robinson said "Food is the most basic need of the people of Wyoming and it is not a place for collecting taxes." She is exactly right and the same is true for Alabama. A sales tax on food is one of the most regressive taxes in existence. Only a tax on air or water could be more onerous. In some municipalities in Alabama, the sales tax is currently 10 percent. In those areas, poor people are paying 10% more for food than they have to. What about it Alabama Legislature, Do you have it in you to eliminate the sales tax on food?

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