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Just when you thought this brutal economy couldn’t get any worse, Tha Man is stickin’ it us Main Streeters with a new tax. As of this morning, the City of Phoenix has decided to apply a 2% tax to our vital essentials of living – vegetables, meat, and milk – in area grocery stores. The tax will take effect April 1st of this year and is estimated to produce $62.5 million dollars by the end of 2011. Don’t get us wrong, we’re being prodded for a good reason—to save fire folk, policemen, and other related city jobs.
But does the revenue have to come from our love of Jennie-O and pineapples and 1% milk?
Ken Schnitzer, owner of the local trendy grocer, Luci’s Healthy Marketplace, shared his thoughts on the new increase with a reporter for The Arizona Republic, saying, “You can’t do that to people right now in this market. They’re being crunched in every possible way, and this was the only area they were not being taxed on.”
Couldn’t agree more, Mr. Schnitzer. But then he goes on to state: “… Obviously, this will hurt our sales because people can’t spend much money, and these are essentials that people need on a daily basis.” Woa. We’d hardly call artisanal cheeses, small-batch jellies, and specialty pastas “essentials,” unless you’re some foodie snob who can’t possibly live with those Barilla pasta noodles the commoners eat. (But we will admit, Luci’s Red Velvet Cake is kind of a life essential…)
Still, we think this tax should have been applied elsewhere. Oh well. Some have complained that EATERAZ doesn’t get out to Mesa enough for food coverage. Well, it looks like that we’ll be headed that way for groceries starting April 1!
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