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Senate Leader Promises to Push Cut, Expansion of Florida's Sales Tax.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, November, 2001
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 15--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--Senate President John McKay vowed Wednesday to sell voters on the idea of cutting the state's sales tax and expanding it to include hundreds of goods and services that are not taxed now.
McKay's call for tax reform -- a view opposed in the past by fellow Republicans including House Speaker Tom Feeney and Gov. Jeb Bush -- is likely to set off a bloody political battle in the already deeply divided Legislature.
That's because McKay's proposed constitutional amendment would hinge on eliminating $9.5 billion in sales tax exemptions now granted hundreds of goods and services, many of which lawmakers carved into law to protect special interests and thank...
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