To a certain extent yes, a sales tax can be a benefit, but I don't agree with taxing groceries.  Even most states won't tax groceries.  Some states only don't tax groceries if an ebt card is used, I think that concept is generally unfair, I think groceries are a need that's not something you should use to collect extra income. 

I completely agree with a sales tax on everything else from gas, to clothing, to restaurants.  I think if the legislature was actually working hard on putting together some genuine ideas for solving the problem; we would already be working on correcting our mistakes.  I really can't understand the dillydally type of lackadaisical attitudes that they're operating under.  

Again income taxes stay because it's easier to spread the cost among the whole rather than trying to limit it to one source.  Realistically if they had of started diversifying income and weren't on a spending spree this wouldn't even be a problem today.  Just remember we voted for this circus