Bills would cut, raise taxes
COLUMBIA — House members have filed bills calling for raising taxes and cutting them for employers who provide health insurance.
Those are among the bills filed Tuesday on the second day legislators were allowed to file bills ahead of the two-year legislative session that starts Jan. 13.
State Rep. Seth Whipper, D-North Charleston, wants the cigarette tax raised to $1 a pack from the nation's lowest of 7 cents. That would help small employers buy health insurance and expand Medicaid coverage.
Republican State Rep. Kit Spires of Pelion filed a bill that would impose a sales tax on groceries.
Democratic State Rep. Anton Gunn of Columbia wants small employers to get a $1,000 tax credit if they provide health insurance.
The break would last for six years.
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SimplyMad (anonymous) says...
Lets be like those elitist intellectuals in the big apple!
18% tax on soda, iPod tax, movie theater tax, sporting event tax, taxi tax, bus tax, limo tax, cable TV tax, radio tax, clothing tax...
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2...
I hope people move out of the city and let it go bust! Higher Taxes do not work, taxes just force people to cut spending. Leftists, God help us.
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