Ralph,<br> <br> People have been bitching about the tax on food ever since it existed. Any grocery clerk will tell you this that has rung up a Washington customer, and a sizable number of Idahoans. <br> <br> The Democrats and the Republicans don't voice it because they don't represent the people, they represent the interests of their political parties. <br> <br> Republicans want a tax on the food for tax breaks for property owners. <br> <br> The Democrats want to tax food so they can spend it on salary increases for teachers. <br> <br> Neither party has suggested or promoted legislation taxing beauty salons and massage parlors instead of food. If prostitution was legal in Idaho, it wouldn't be taxed because it is a service. <br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>Ralph Nielsen <nielsen@uidaho.edu></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> It would seem that
some of our bleeding hearts are concerned about <br>poor people going to Washington to buy their food in order to avoid <br>paying Idaho sales taxes on it.<br><br>I can't understand why they didn't raise a clamor when the Idaho <br>Legislature refused to cut taxes on food but instead cut the income <br>taxes on the rich by $100 million.<br><br>Ralph <br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> http://www.fsr.net <br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================<br></blockquote><br><p> 
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