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Nassau proposes 2 percent fast-food tax for next year

It's still just a proposal, but Nassau County is talking about taxing your Quarter Pounder or Whopper.

Anxious to find additional money to combat falling revenues during the economic downturn, the county included a 2 percent fast-food tax in its budget plans for next year.

According to Nassau's multiyear budget plan submitted to a financial monitoring panel last month, a fast-food...

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