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28%  
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  • Desperate for revenues, Detroit ponders fast-food tax

    05/08/2005 9:35:26 AM PDT · by Dan from Michigan · 83 replies · 3,030+ views
    AP ^ | 5-8-05 | Sarah Karush
    Desperate for revenues, Detroit ponders fast-food tax 5/8/2005, 9:15 a.m. ET By SARAH KARUSH The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Would you like fries with that? Either way, the Detroit city treasury would like a bite. Faced with a $300 million budget hole, and with traditional revenue-raising options largely exhausted, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is hoping people won't mind forking over a few extra cents for their Big Macs and Whoppers. Kilpatrick is preparing to ask Detroit voters to approve a 2 percent fast-food tax — on top of the 6 percent state sales tax already applied to restaurant meals. The...