A crowd gathered outside the Alabama State House today to urge lawmakers to repeal the state sales tax on food, an old idea that appears to have more support this year. Alabama is one of only three states that collects the full state sales tax on food.
A crowd gathered outside the Alabama State House today to urge lawmakers to repeal the state sales tax on food, an idea that has been proposed without success for decades but that appears to have more support this year.for more than 20 years to repeal the tax, organized a news conference that included two Democratic lawmakers who said they would introduce bills to repeal the 4 percent state tax on food. Republican legislators have also introduced bills.
“I know what it feels like to make decisions on buying Depends, Ensure, medication,” McClammy said. “What we call healthy foods, the most expensive foods in the grocery store. I know what it feels like to have to buy aspirin for blood thinners. I know what it feels like to make a decision on, ‘We have to pay our bills right now.’ You pull in the whole family because when you retire sometimes you make less than what you made. So the whole family pulls their income together.
“We have more equitable and fair ways to fund our education budget than taking food away from families who are struggling to pinch every penny to keep food on the table,” Coleman said.has introduced a bill Alabama Arise is calling for broader legislation than Orr’s proposal, one that would repeal the tax on all foods eligible under the SNAP program, previously known as food stamps. Alabama Arise Executive Director Robyn Hyden told the crowd today that families need immediate relief from the tax instead of the phased approach. Hyden said Alabama Arise is involved in ongoing discussions about legislation.
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