Alabama Senior Citizens Push To Abolish Grocery Tax

Representatives of senior citizens groups, including the AARP, have urged the Alabama Legislature to pass the grocery tax amendment.

By: WKRG Staff | WKRG-TV
Published: May 06, 2008

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Representatives of senior citizens
groups have urged the Alabama Legislature to pass a proposed
constitutional amendment that would remove the state sales tax from
groceries.
The speaker of the Alabama Silver-Haired Legislature,
85-year-old Bill Adams of Madison County, says removing the state's
4 percent tax on groceries would help senior citizens on fixed
incomes. He said senior citizens often must choose between buying
groceries or medicine.
With three days remaining in the 2008 regular session, the
Democrat backed bill is currently stymied in the Senate. Senate
Republicans want to attach it to a bill to change property tax
reappraisals from annually to once every four years.
Adams and the executive director of the AARP, Joan Carter,
joined the House and Senate sponsors of the bill Tuesday at a news
conference. The bill has already passed the House.

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