The Grocery Manufacturers of America, working with in-state allies belonging to the Don't Tax Food Coalition of Maine, supported the grassroots effort to gather the signatures, which were delivered January 31 to the Maine Secretary of State. If the signatures are validated, the initiative will go before the Maine Legislature this session. Should the Legislature not enact the proposal, voters will get a chance to vote on the repeal in November.

"GMA and the members of the Don't Tax Food Coalition of Maine are hopeful that legislators will follow the lead of tens of thousand of voters and repeal this unfair, regressive and discriminatory tax," said Chip Kunde, GMA Vice President, State Affairs. "Consumers have no way of knowing which foods are taxed until after paying for them at the check-out counter."

Maine did not tax groceries until 1991 when the Legislature, seeking a quick fix to a severe budget crisis, enacted a selective food tax known as the "snack tax". Although many legislators at the time acknowledged that the snack tax was bad fiscal policy, it was generally understood that the tax would be a temporary measure. While the state's fiscal condition has improved and revenue projections now forecast a budget surplus of over $250 million, the snack tax has never been repealed despite numerous legislative attempts to do so.

The 5.5% tax affects such grocery staples as crackers, bread sticks, ice cream, frozen yogurt, muffins, pies, cookies, cakes, gelatin, puddings, hot cocoa mix, marshmallows, breakfast bars and roasted nuts.

Proponents of the repeal point out that a tax on food is discriminatory and unfair because it places a disproportionate burden on lower-income households.

The Don't Tax Food Coalition of Maine is a coalition of consumers and businesses that is leading the statewide effort to repeal the tax on snack food.

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