Removal of Sales Tax on Food is Dead!
January 23, 2006
Salt Lake City-Capital Hill
After speaking today with several prominent State Senators, the consensus is that sales tax on food will stay. One State Senator said “this legislation is dead in the Senate, period” I also spoke with several prominent County Commissioners and County Council Members who oppose the removal. One Commissioner I spoke with was Dannie R. McConkie, Commissioner for Davis County. He said “I’m opposed to removing sales tax on food. Most people do not understand the incredible web of intra-connections to this revenue stream. Small communities in Utah that rely on this revenue to pay bonds and provide public services would have their credit ratings lowered, costing their citizens more to borrow money for fire trucks and other community needs”.
I also spoke for some time with former Senator Garn Biography of Jake Garn. He had just addressed an education committee about the need for Utah to Invest in Science and Technology. Senator Garn is very supportive of the USTAR: Utah's Economic Development Initiative and along with ATK - ATK Thiokol ‘s Doug White said that it is critical that both primary education and teachers must receive investment of dollars to achieve the future scientists and engineers for Utah’s technology needs. ATK Doug White said they will need 122 positions filled to accomplish their task of putting men back on the moon, and on to mars. ATK recently was awarded the contract for NASA’s new manned rocket program that will replace the Space Shuttle.
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I wondered how this issue would turn out. I am all for cutting taxes, I think that somehow we must cut taxes to ensure the survival of our Country. But the way that our government is structured, the sales tax on food is the ONLY tax that some people pay. I also think that it is important that all of us participate in our government. Those who don't pay taxes are in a very real way disenfranchised from participating in our government. Do we have the right to force others out of participating in our government? It is my belief that we don't. Thanks,
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