I was listening to the Joe Madison talk show on XM 169 The Power this evening when a female caller from Dothan,Alabama called in to comment on Herman Cain's 9% sales tax proposal. I don't remember her name, but she said they were already paying 9% sales tax in Dothan, in addition to a 10% surcharge at the grocery stores in the black community, for a total of 19% on groceries.
Madison asked her what the surcharge was for and she replied they were told it was to keep the price of groceries down. Huh?
I hope it's not true the city of Dothan,AL added a 10% surcharge to Piggly Wiggly and Save a Lot stores in the black community. Please tell me if there is a 10% surcharge it's across the board.
I noticed in Atlanta last week gasoline was $2.39 per gallon in the inner city (black neighborhood) and $2.13 in the suburbs (white neighborhood)
Why are those with the least paying more than those who have the most for goods and services? What's wrong with this picture?
Madison asked her what the surcharge was for and she replied they were told it was to keep the price of groceries down. Huh?
I hope it's not true the city of Dothan,AL added a 10% surcharge to Piggly Wiggly and Save a Lot stores in the black community. Please tell me if there is a 10% surcharge it's across the board.
I noticed in Atlanta last week gasoline was $2.39 per gallon in the inner city (black neighborhood) and $2.13 in the suburbs (white neighborhood)
Why are those with the least paying more than those who have the most for goods and services? What's wrong with this picture?
8 comments:
"I noticed in Atlanta last week gasoline was $2.39 per gallon in the inner city (black neighborhood) and $2.13 in the suburbs (white neighborhood)"
Overall, gas is always more expensive in metro ATL than it is on the outskirts. That's just SOP from what I've observed.
But the "10% surcharge" is bullshit. It's just price gouging in an area where people don't have access to better, lower priced food.
I wonder why gas is more expensive in metro ATL than it is on the outskirts?
I've heard ATL isn't the only place this is happening and that New Jersey is the only state who protects the inner city consumer from such practices.
If true, the 10% surcharge is institutional racism. How are poor people expected to pull themselves up by their boot straps when they don't have any boots?
Some discount grocers advertise at-cost pricing with a 10% markup at the register. So when you check out, you get 10% added plus sales tax.
Walmart (AKA Hellmart) has an average 30-35% markup in grocery already priced in.
In my experience, the weekly promotions and specials at all other grocers beats the Hellmart grocery prices. Hence, shopping saves money, and the Hellmart convenience-store mentality (one-stop-shop) makes Hellmart money - now world's largest grocer.
If you shop at the at-cost store, just remember to add in 10% on the price, and you will know how it compares to traditional grocer pricing.
To me, it always beats supporting Walmart - always!
Food and Gas are too damn high!
Food prices on the shelves are higher in Dothan city neighborhoods than in the burbs, but if there is a surcharge, it's selective -- targeted at the register (I'm white and have a car, but I do shop near where I live). What is much more discouraging, however, is that Houston County has the highest per capita rate of incarceration and execution in Alabama, but a jury of one's peers has rarely happened. See http://dothan.wsfa.com/news/news/120049-lawsuit-alleges-african-americans-were-barred-serving-jury
"Food prices on the shelves are higher in Dothan city neighborhoods than in the burbs, but if there is a surcharge, it's selective -- targeted at the register"
So people with more pay less than those with less in Dothan,Alabama. God bless America.
"Houston County has the highest per capita rate of incarceration and execution in Alabama, but a jury of one's peers has rarely happened."
Damn.
What about Houston (Dothan) and Henry Counties both cited for discriminating in jury selection? With a 25% black population, why death penalty juries are an average 95% white?
Are white Alabama conservative jurors more likely to sentence a black defendant to death? - oh, hell yeah! The statistics don't lie - in America, black defendants are disproportionately more often sentenced to death than white defendants.
Because potential black jurors are most often dismissed from the jury pool in these cases? In Henry and Houston County it is so.
But let's not review these cases, convictions or penalties - "a jury of our peers" gave them a fair hearing, and a fair sentence.
Case closed.
I guess it depends on what the definition of a jury of our peers IS in Alabama. :)
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