Trib: Grocery tax repeal not simple
In his Thursday AM editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune comments:
Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter already knows why he should veto the Legislature’s bill lifting the 6 percent sales tax from food.
It costs almost $80 million the state does not have - and would undermine everything else in the budget, including the final rounds of Otter’s five-year public education reform package.
But at his press conference Monday, Otter wavered. If the governor does lose his nerve and allows the legislative handiwork to take effect, you can assume it was this argument he found irresistible:
“I think it’s immoral,” said House Assistant Majority Leader Brent Crane, R-Nampa. “I think it’s wrong to tax people on their food.” More here.
Question: So, do you want Gov. Butch Otter to veto the grocery sales tax or not?
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