Mildly Infuriating

anything but taxing the rich

Its a republican majority in Missouri.

That's why.

And yes I know a republican suggested this bill. It's all theater. Get one of them to introduce something like this so the rest can strike it down but then you feel some slight glimmer of hope because, "well_ they are trying to help us!!"

But they aren't. They never are.

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

The only good thing about living here is our rent and gas prices are still relatively lower than average. If they start passing shit like this, might as well go move over to Illinois or do my shopping there.

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).

you must live in Florida.

I thought states that taxes groceries were the norm. If this is not true I will be even madder.

There are states where they aren't?!

i mean they have to compensate by having next to no corporate or income tax, those are usually the POORER states too.

we still have grocery tax in my state. I think at the least they should not allow tax on fresh foods and I would include bags of beans and grains as fresh.

Some states probably really really want to tax your tax if they could.

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

poor and hungry people will work for much less wage than people with proper nutrition and savings accounts.

What is the issue?

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.

well you no longer have to do the off-label calculation

No. There is nuance to the tax cut and tax levy argument. Circumstances matter. Cutting taxes on groceries would immediately lower food prices for everyone, the poor included.

So the opposite must be true too right? When taxes go way up companies drop their prices to compensate because, according to you they only charge what consumers can pay. Except that doesn't happen at all. Instead tariffs caused prices to go way up.

What complete nonsense.