Posted on September 19, 2019 by admin
Yesterday, House and Senate Republicans called upon Governor Lamont to bring the legislature into special session to fix a piece of legislation passed in the Democrat state budget that created new taxes on hundreds of grocery store foods, and also substantially increased taxes on prepared meals.
These new and increased taxes will negatively and disproportionately impact senior citizens and others on a fixed income, the underemployed and the middle class.
The House of Representatives need 76 members…
Posted on September 18, 2019 by admin
Today, House and Senate Republicans called upon Governor Lamont to bring the legislature into special session to fix a piece of legislation passed in the Democrat state budget that created new taxes on hundreds of grocery store foods, and also substantially increased taxes on prepared meals.
These new and increased taxes will negatively and disproportionately impact senior citizens and others on a fixed income, the underemployed and the middle class.
The House of Representatives need 76 members to…
Posted on September 17, 2019 by admin
A policy statement released last week by the state Department of Revenue Services (DRS) explained how the new 7.35% “meals” tax included in the 2020-21 budget passed by majority Democratic legislators will be applied to a long list of food items that have never been taxed before when sold in grocery stores. State Representatives Whit Betts, Cara Pavalock-D’Amato, and William A. Petit Jr., all members of the legislature’s Appropriations Committee, opposed this “money grab” which will implement a new…
