East TN Conservative

Bill that would lower rate to 4.5% aims to relieve burden on poor

That rate sends some Tennessee residents across the border to states with a lower tax on food. Take Margaret Elliot, a 90-year-old resident of Portland in northern Sumner County. Her daughter, Carol Curry, takes Elliot about twice a month to Kentucky to buy food. Kentucky is one of 36 states with no sales tax on food, but that state has a broad-based income tax. Curry has been taking Elliot across the line to Franklin for at least 10 years. "She likes to go up there to Save-A-Lot or Wal-Mart to get the groceries where she can save her tax money," Curry said of her mother, who is on a fixed income.

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The people setting these high taxes locally like the the ones in K-town. Do not believe we go to neighboring states to do our food commerce. I got news for you, over taxed is over taxed and we will find the bargain, supporting MeadowView is not a bargain it is a BURDEN. I go to Food City in VA and save quite a bit and free gas to top it off. If there was a Wal-Mart in Gate City it would run ours out of town. The Food City in KPT has some of the highest prices. Guess they have to pay for some of that new building.