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More US states are moving to scrap sales tax on food (www.kcur.org)

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I grew up in NM and we had sales tax on everything. Then after high school I moved to PA, got a job at a Sheetz and we had archaic cash registers where you entered the item cost and tax or no tax. there were some foods taxed, some not. Residents knew, i had no clue.

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

New mexico eliminated sales tax on groceries in 2004.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago

And I left the state before that.