According to a report by the Food Research and Action Center, one in eight Utah families are food insecure. Rather than increasing low-income family’s access to nutrition, our Legislature is attempting to do the opposite by raising the food sales tax from 1.75% to 4.85%. This is more than a 3% increase from its current rate. This detrimental decision will impact hundreds of thousands of children and families in our own state.
I work as a social worker in a low-income school, and I work every day with children who belong to families struggling with food insecurity.