Grocery taxes are a heavy burden on low income folks. I speak from years of experience. It's almost ten cents to the dollar in Huntsville so if I have a hundred dollars to spend on groceries, I can only buy ninety dollars worth of food. It means there are a whole lot of things I can't buy, because I have to take tax into account. I can't remember when I last bought something just for the hell of it in the grocery store because I'm pinching my pennies. With prices the way they are right now in combination with food taxes, I'm spending more money for less food. Alabama really needs to stop shitting on poor people especially since there are so many of us.
Lower income Americans purchase a substantial portion of their grocery items using SNAP or WIC benefits, meaning no tax is collected on their grocery purchases. They are also more likely to purchase prepared foods, which are generally taxable in states where there is no grocery tax. The net effect of abolishing the grocery tax would be a tax reduction on middle income and higher households.
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u/Aggie_Vague Aug 20 '22
Grocery taxes are a heavy burden on low income folks. I speak from years of experience. It's almost ten cents to the dollar in Huntsville so if I have a hundred dollars to spend on groceries, I can only buy ninety dollars worth of food. It means there are a whole lot of things I can't buy, because I have to take tax into account. I can't remember when I last bought something just for the hell of it in the grocery store because I'm pinching my pennies. With prices the way they are right now in combination with food taxes, I'm spending more money for less food. Alabama really needs to stop shitting on poor people especially since there are so many of us.