Comment on Push to eliminate sales tax on food and groceries in Missouri runs into resistance

Ryoae@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  You may have misread something here, Coleman is in favour of the bill, not against.

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What is the issue?

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  • explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Read it again! ~(jk)~

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• thesmokingman@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yeah fuck the bill’s sponsor and her desire to reduce costs for a family of four by $50 every month

  State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican, said the bill is an attempt to increase affordability for Missourians as prices rise.

  “Missourians are paying more and more for necessities,” Coleman said. “Most of us agree fundamentally that essential services should not be funded on the backs of the poor.”

  Coleman said a family of four would save $54 per month with the removal of grocery sales tax.

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  • Kjell@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s nice to try to reduce the cost for the citizens but with less tax money some other tax needs to be increased or some service will have to save money.

    Dimmitt also said that because the bulk of property taxes go to schools and other jurisdictions, local governments rely on sales taxes to fund police and fire departments, road repairs, trash and recycling, among many other services.

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    • Arcadeep@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Easy, take some of the taxes that’s going to the police and do something useful with them

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