http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1 Get the facts! Wed, 06 May 2009 22:49:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Food Tax Bill fell one vote short of the total needed to be considered by the House of Representatives. The bill gained steam, winning the votes of one Democrat and two Republican members. For a copy of yesterday's vote, click below. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="610" caption="May 5, 2009 Vote Count"][/caption] http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/05/06/food-tax-misses-the-mark-by-one-vote/ There's little more than one month left in this legislative session. We're pushing full speed ahead, but we need your help! Save this image and forward to your friends and family to encourage them to join the campaign to remove the sales tax from groceries. Don't forget to tell ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/10/homework-spread-the-word/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="410" caption="Matt Rourke / AP "][/caption]It's the mother of invention. Que the advent of the Grocery Auction. It's true, with sharply rising food prices, folks are attending auctions, complete with fast-talking auctioneers, instead of heading to their local grocery stores to do their weekly shopping. Check ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/09/whats-that-about-necessity-and-invention/ Did you know that under certain conditions, a business owner making $21 milion in revenue in three states, including Alabama, doesn't owe any Alabama income taxes on the $21 million earned? Not possible you say? Here's how... A business owner may file his (or her) $21 million in business ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/07/score-state-of-alabama-0-big-business-21-million/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="425" caption="Knight's Grocery Cart"][/caption] Many argue that the savings realized from removing the state's 4% sales tax on groceries is so meager that the plan is not worthy of consideration. But, when there are constituents who, after working 80-90 hours per week, are left with roughly $200 ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/06/knights-grocery-cart-challenge/ Question: What does the disapperance of state-supported cancer care in Nevada have in common with the fight for the removal of the food tax here in Alabama? Answer: A shared struggle for folks in the middle class to survive despite the odds. Watching "60 Minutes" tonight, we ran ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/05/common-ground/ The food tax bill was dealt another blow yesterday, when it again failed to receive enough votes to even be considered by the Alabama House of Representatives. A united House Republican Caucus has not wavered in its support of big business interests over working families. Representative Knight vowed ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/03/three-strikes-but-were-not-out/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="450" caption="4/1/2009 Vote on Knight Compromise"][/caption]Republicans block million-dollar compromise, preventing average, working Alabama families tax relief. Forty-two republicans (some representing districts with unemployment rates as high as 18.9%) and one democrat, Richard Laird (representing districts with an average unemployment rate of 15%) reject Knight's revised ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/01/april-fools-day-vote-no-joke/ The Alabama House of Representatives is set to reconsider Rep. Knight's Food Tax Bill today when it convenes at 4 p.m. The bill is currently slated to be the first bill considered on the body's Special Order Calendar. HB116 was also considered by house members last Tuesday, March ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/04/01/round-2-ding/ We invite you to watch "Taxing the Poor," a 2008 Emmy Award winning show by PBS, for outstanding analysis of a business news story. This piece premiered last year and chronicles Representative Knight and the many years of struggle in the fight to change Alabama's tax system and remove the ... http://alabamafoodtax.com/blog1/2009/03/31/taxing-the-poor/