Aug 16, 2016 ... But in some places, like Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, combined state and local  taxes can be as high as 9 percent. ... Gerald Dial, a Republican, tried and failed  this year to phase out the state's tax on groceries over four years and replace it  with a one cent increase in the overall sales tax, to 5 percent.
Oct 26, 2017 ... What do Republican politicians in many red states understand that the California  GOP does not? Answer: That increasing gas taxes is good public policy and,  potentially, winning politics. Republicans in red states recently have accepted the  uncomfortable truth that fuel taxes need to be raised to pay for ...
Oct 31, 2011 ... Recently, this fervor has spilled over into the political scene as many politicians  and some scientists make the case for government intervention to ... This desire  has taken the form of proposals for taxes on fast food, salt, and vending machines , as well as outright bans on specific substances like trans fats.
Sales and use taxes in California are among the highest in the United States and  are imposed by the state and by local governments. Sales taxes are very  regressive. Poor families pay almost eight times more of their incomes in sales  taxes than the best-off families. Local sales tax increases also create  geographical ...
Aug 16, 2016 ... Thirteen states and many localities continue to tax the sale of groceries, even  though the taxes disproportionately hurt the poor and may affect the quality,  variety and even the amount of food they can afford to put on the table. The  reason: The taxes provide a steady source of revenue in volatile times, ...
Some politicians … want to put new taxes on a lot of groceries.