EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: B.A., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; served four years in the House of Delegates with positive results. Cindy is minority vice-chair of House Industry and Labor Committee. Member of Veteran's Affairs, Homeland Security, Banking, Insurance, Economic Development, Small Business, Government Organization Committees and Joint Insurance Availability and Medical Malpractice Insurance Committee.
Q. Do you support a gradual removal of the remaining 5 percent sales tax on food, as Gov. Joe Manchin proposes, or immediately ending it? If you support dropping the sales tax on food at once, how do you propose to restore the more than $150 million in lost revenue?
A. With current and projected budget surpluses it is possible to immediately eliminate the food tax, resulting in increased shopping, business investment, jobs and growth in state treasury. By lowering the food tax by only 1 percent, we lost that revenue and did nothing to encourage business investment in our state.