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No to grocery tax

How will Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed shift to a consumption-based tax system affect your wallet? Surprisingly, you will probably feel it first in the grocery line.

Kentucky taxes take-out food but not food purchased for home preparation, not since 1972. Rocky Adkins, House minority leader, opposes the grocery tax as an undue burden on the poor.

Margaret Ricketts

Berea

This story was originally published June 30, 2017 at 3:03 PM with the headline "No to grocery tax."

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