> This would mainly affect the not-so-rich people, who, given fixed purchase budgets, Certain items can be excempt from sales tax, such as groceries. > Likely

> This would mainly affect the not-so-rich people, who, given fixed purchase budgets, Certain items can be excempt from sales tax, such as groceries. > Likely to hurt businesses Since when is the HN crowd worried about hurting businesses. Most people here want higher taxes for corporations.