The sales tax was invented in the 1930s based on a commerce system of people buying goods at the local store. The economy of the year 2000 is much more complex. It is increasingly service-based, though few services are subject to the sales tax. Some exclusions for necessary services could be maintained. Make the sales tax conform to other states.
Most states currently apply the sales tax to candy and soft drinks.
The food tax repeal was aimed at necessities. Eliminate the child health insurance tax credit. The child health insurance tax credit was created at the same time as Health Choice. Health Choice has proven successful at reducing the ranks of uninsured children. The tax credit has not.