I just perused the 700+ comments on the times article. You’d think the people there are all far right conservatives. They are not happy. None of them.
This reminds some of them of the ridiculous and failed soda tax there.
When obamacare hit everyone, a definitely remember a woman who supported it, during an interview. That is, until she realized that she had to pay for it. She, being the absolute moron that she is, thought it was all free and the world would be nothing but rainbows, unicorns and lollipops from that point on.
No different than those 700+ comments you read. It’s all great when someone else is paying for it, or at least that’s what they think. But, when it hit them in THEIR wallet, hold on a minute, Big Guy, that’s my money your playing with. And, they are probably just smart enough to realize that this will force companies to move or cut jobs.
Again, those same “far right comments” could be applied if Seattle, instead of imposing the tax, decided that shelters would be opened all over the city, in the trendiest, hipsterish, upper liberal middle class, rich liberal neighborhoods. Those people would be storming city hall with pitchforks and torches.
Everyday, they are the poster children for hypocrisy.