tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post3871766691921311624..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: Who does his grocery shopping?Kay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-27345030844226995412007-06-06T19:45:00.000-05:002007-06-06T19:45:00.000-05:00But you left out the previous part of his comment ...But you left out the previous part of his comment and the alternate plan. It's not that he's simply opposed to tax relief:<BR/><BR/><I>A competing proposal, supported by Democrats in the House, would cut a half-percent off of the state’s 6 percent sales tax on food. That would cost the state about $42 million each year.<BR/><BR/>(snip)<BR/><BR/>House Majority Leader Gary Odom (D-Nashville) said House Democrats are “committed to lowering the sales tax on food” with an “across the board proposal.”</I><BR/><BR/>A short term proposal covering a few months would seem to suit the stores. They’d be more likely to curb the discounts they’d give in those months when they knew people would be stocking up. The tax change would be the incentive to shop. Stores couldn’t do that with an across the board, all-year cut that the Dems are proposing.<BR/><BR/>Now, I see that the Democrats’ current plan would be $42 million and the GOP’s $126 million. So why not split the difference? Rather than name calling or blind partisanship seen here:<BR/><BR/><I>“I’d prefer ours over theirs,” said Sen. Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge).</I><BR/><BR/>And I’m sure from the Speaker as well- I don’t mean it’s one-sided. But what’s the opposition to across the board? Don’t you think it’d be easier for future sessions to rid the holiday than raise the rate overall? If the cut’s dollar amount was closer to the GOP number, would reducing the overall rate be more acceptable?<BR/><BR/>Also, I don’t think Odom meant solely and specifically steak, but that people not living paycheck to paycheck would be more likely to really stock up on food, whereas more modest income families wouldn’t have extra money to stock up in that given window (especially when money is tight prior to the holidays to buy gifts and all the acoutrements.) <BR/><BR/>His position has changed some since last year, but Odom has been arguing for reducing the tax on food for several years now.<BR/><BR/>TomBuckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087082956705159705noreply@blogger.com