my only point was that if basic food products were untaxed the poor would not have to be compensated and you would not need to set up this whole welfare-like social engineering prebate structure that down the road will be manipulated buy congress.
my only point was that if basic food products were untaxed the poor would not have to be compensated
What's a basic food product, who make that determination for you? Open the door for one exception, the door is open for anything Congress Critters and their favorite special interests can dream up.
Why should anyone be telling you what basic food is and isn't so they can give it favored status by not taxing it?
Better to have no exception or pre-bates or refunding to anyone at all than to go that route.
Exception and favored status is the route of social engineering you claim you want to avoid.