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

chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  anything but taxing the rich

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn’t you know? Billionaires eat hundreds of millions of steaks a year!

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• Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Its a republican majority in Missouri.

  That’s why.

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• starlinguk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In the EU and the UK all food has sales tax. It’s around 20 percent for “luxury” food and around 5 percent for necessary food like bread and milk (some countries have more levels, like France, which has 20, 10, 5 and 2.5).

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• GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  you must live in Florida.

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  • chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Far from it dude! I’m in Canada.

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    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      oh, yeah. most US states still require sales tax on all food, regardless of if it’s raw or not.

      it’s yet another one of those things Americans don’t realize how fucked up it is until someone points out why it’s fucked up.

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      • canihasaccount@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Only 10 states still do: kiplinger.com/…/states-that-still-tax-groceries

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      • iamthetot@piefed.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The vast majority of states do not tax food items.

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    • Witchfire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah US sales tax applies to everything. It’s not like HST that varies by product

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• BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In EU you have VAT on everything, so it’s not that different. Usually food products gave reduced rate tho

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• PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The only good thing about living here is our rent and gas prices are still relatively lower than average.

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