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That’s right. Less than half a penny. And remember that groceries, clothing and shelter are exempt from the sales tax, so the poor don’t get hit too hard.

And yet Sweeney, D Gloucester, along with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, D Middlesex, are both refusing to budge.

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