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		Spivak on June 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: States Can Require Internet Tax Collection, Suprem... Food is already exempt from sales tax. Take Ohio as a rough average for the country, here's the list of exemptions. https://www.tax.ohio.gov/faq/tabid/6315/Default.aspx?Questio... The problem with consumption taxes is it just starts a debate over what is considered necessary/unnecessary. I think you would be better off exempting people rather than classes of items.

TheCoelacanth on June 21, 2018 | [–]

> Food is already exempt from sales tax.

From some sales taxes. That is far from universal.

magduf on June 21, 2018 | | [–]

>Food is already exempt from sales tax.

Wrong. Come here to Virginia and try it. Or any Southern state for that matter.

Note: In Virginia, groceries are taxed, but at a lower rate than the normal sales tax.

astura on June 21, 2018 | [–]

No, not everywhere.

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