re: LA sales tax could rise to 7 percent to eliminate income taxes

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To add on to what you said, local jurisdictions in TX can add up to 2%, so at max the rate is 8.25%.

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Therefore the local jurisdictions have to charge more in prop tax. This probably won't pass because local jurisdictions won't change their sales taxes and then you'll have the lower class bitching about how much more they have to pay now in groceries.