How many states levy a sales tax on food?
Fifteen.
... or sixteen.
Either way, Alabama is one.
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There is no form of taxation more regressive than sales tax, and the most regressive application of sales tax is the taxing of absolute necessities, like food and medicines.
Side comment to Mooncat: ain't it a shame that every time we say the words "great Satate of Alabama, we are being either ironic or sarcastic?
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