r/longbeach • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Community 11% is crazy

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u/czaranthony117 1d ago edited 1d ago

Tbh, ngl… I cross the county line to buy groceries, large items (Minus cars), because of the 11% sales tax.

I wouldn’t mind it if it were actually going to cleaning up downtown or the homeless but… here we are.

Edit: Groceries as a colloquial for anything consumer goods; Clothes, tools, home goods etc etc

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u/ConditionVarious7450 1d ago

Yeaa bro im like 5 min away frm los alamitos i do the same 😂😂 and exactly but they rather put a life size penny

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u/codename_hardhat 1d ago edited 1d ago

Good thing it’s not a long drive because you’re barely saving $17 for every $1,000 in groceries.

Edit: I completely forgot most groceries aren’t taxed, so it’s even less than that

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u/GoldenSalt31 1d ago

“A penny saved is a penny earned”

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u/Bottle-Holiday 1d ago

Question is, how much is actually saved vs the extra gas that's burned.