Advocates for Durham’s 1 percent tax hike on prepared foods, which will be on the November ballot, already are complaining that the ballot item “is confusing,” according to Durham Councilman Howard Clement.
I respectfully disagree: A tax is a tax is a tax. There’s nothing confusing about a government-imposed increase on the price of a product.
The Herald-Sun reports the campaign to promote the proposed tax will kick off next week.
