An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries.

davriellelouna@lemm.ee · edit-2 2 days ago

An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries.

jagged_circle@feddit.nl · edit-2 2 days ago

I mean healthy foods are exempt from sales tax.

So it must be implicit that they’ll only tax unnecessary/unhealthy groceries like alcohol, tobacco, candy, eggs, and meat. I dont see a problem with this. We should be taxing these things anyway. But I wish the funds would be used directly to lower the cost of healthy foods like rice, beans, vegetables, fruits, flour, oats, etc

An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries.

An american city named DeKalb, Illinois says it desperately needs money. But the city council so far refuses to tax gas stations or increase parking fees. Instead, they consider a tax on groceries.

Northern Illinois leaders consider reinstating grocery sales tax at local level