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Think New Mexico delivered more than 500 letters opposing the food tax to Governor Richardson Tuesday morning.
“It’s a wrestling match between lobbyists and the public, and working middle class people don’t have a lobby,” Fred Nathan, executive director of Think New Mexico said Tuesday of a proposed tax.
“The reaction we’re getting is ‘Why does this keep coming back,” Nathan said about the response the Santa Fe-based think tank received in response to its call for action.
Through its Web site and e-mail lists, Think New Mexico received letters from the public calling for no tax on food. Expanding, adding or changing the food tax is one of the way lawmakers have come up with for bringing in more money to fix that state’s budget problem. A similar measure brought forth during the regular session failed to pass.
Here’s an example:
Please do not impose a tax on food. I can barely pay my utilities,
especially propane to heat my house and gas for my car. If I pay a tax on
food, then I won’t be able to pay for clothes; which are already taxed –
so the state will lose the money on that sale, and other items that I
won’t be able to afford any more. If you absolute have to impose a tax on
food – do it on the unhealthy junk food, which I can’t afford to buy
anyway (and wouldn’t even if I could). Be strong in standing up to this
“easy fix” taxation!Sincerely,
Ana
Dear Governor Richardson:
Please oppose the reimposition of the food tax in New Mexico, either at
the state or local level.The food tax is up for consideration again? How can New Mexico be making
this error again. I will repeat a story I had told many people in the
past, but hoped never to tell again. when I first moved here I was amazed
that the state taxed basic food items, and everyone I told from out of
state agreed and questioned how I could be moving to such a “backwards”
state. I have grown to love being New Mexican, but please do not bring
back memories of moving to state that places a tax burden on the ability
of people to feed themselves.Sincerely,
Stephen L. Bishop
