NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Rep. Jason Probst said you may not be able to tell, but your grocery bill should go down in January.
"We should see, based on the legislation that we put out last year on the Axe The Tax provisions, we should see about a 2.5% reduction in the food sales tax in January and then progressively another two percent, I believe it's a year after that and another two percent the year after that."
Now that the campaign for Governor is over and the state still is flush with cash, Probst would like to see what's left of that tax eliminated more quickly.
"I would sure hope so," Probst said. "There were a lot of us, both Republicans and Democrats, who wanted to see the full repeal last year. It was very clear to us that it was bound up in election year politics and there was a block of people who didn't want to give the governor a campaign issue that she could go champion and say, I did this for you."
She took credit for it anyway and she won't be running again.
"By her own words, she said, 'I'm not ever going to be on a ballot again. She certainly won't be on the ballot for governor."
Ultimately, though, the future of how fast or slow the rollback happens will be up to Republican leadership in both houses and whether they think they'll still have enough money without any food tax.
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