How long before we get a food tax? Is that possible?

[CTyankee]

I don't mean junk food and soft drinks, etc. I mean bread, milk, eggs, meat, fish, etc.

I think some states do already (correct me if I'm wrong). CT taxes junk food, prepared meals and sodas for the ordinary consumer. Plastic bags are sold for a dime a bag; I bring my own. They do furnish paper bags. I don't see any kind of food tax as being in the federal purview, but with this bozo in the White House...

[Zambero]

1. Idaho taxes all food items at 6%

"Family values" state has one of the most regressive tax structures in the country. The good old boys have it REAL good.

[hlthe2b]

2. plenty of locales (I'd dare say most) across the country tax food...

though at a lesser rate than other items, typically.

The city of Denver is one of the few exceptions in Colorado. Most other towns and municipalities do.

[msongs]

3. food is taxed in hawaii nt

[CTyankee]

5. All food or just items/food that is not grown there?

[msongs]

10. jsut about everything here, its like a VAT nt

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Arkansas has one now.

[NutmegYankee]

6. VA used to tax all food at the standard sales tax rate.

I think they reduced it in the last decade, but it was like that for years.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Some states already tax food purchases.

I doubt this kind of tax would ever become federal, since currently there aren't any federal sales taxes. Other countries have a VAT (value-added tax), a consumption tax based on the increase in value of a product or service at each stage of production or distribution and is collected by the end retailer, so it is often considered a sales tax. The US is the only country that doesn't use a VAT for any product, and there would be massive hissy fits if the IRS decided to use it.

[WhiteTara]

8. They tax food and medicine in Arkansas

but food is at 3.5%

[CTyankee]

9. Prescription medicine???

dearest lord...

[aka-chmeee]

11. Here in Kansas, Food is just another purchase and as such is subject to state and local sales tax

ranging from a low of 6.5% to 10.6%.

[virgogal]

12. The states that tax food do just

fine all by themselves.....even many Dem states.

[CTyankee]

13. I think there is something Biblical about food taxes...IIRC, salt taxes were particularly abhorrent

and singled out as such in Biblical stories...