Posted on 02/29/2016 11:32:42 AM PST by Olog-hai
Philadelphia's mayor wants to tax sugary drinks to help fund his universal pre-K plan, among other initiatives.
Mayor Jim Kenney tells The Philadelphia Inquirer he believes the 3-cents-per-ounce tax could bring in $400 million over five years.
He says the money could fund a green jobs plan and repay a bond for rebuilding parks and recreations centers. ...
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Here’s a thought.
DON’T have a “universal pre-K plan”
What’s the matter?? Can’t afford to pay for illegals any more?? Where are the tax dollars going??? Welfare? Food Stamps?
Three cents now, a dollar in ten years.
AAAGGGHHHHHH....time for a TAX Party....dump the soda in the bay
“Sugary drinks”....That’s what Queen of the nanny state and anti-constitutionalist Mike Bloomberg called SODA when he was lisping his way through the Mayoralty of liberal sewerhole of the east coast New York city. That’s the thing with treasonists, they are always coming up with these ridiculous new terms, new phrases to push fascism.
But they want to start the indoctrination as early as possible.
Three cents per ounce would add $2.04 to the price of a two-liter bottle that currently sells almost everywhere for a buck fifty or less. The price of the tax would exceed the actual price of the soda by a wide margin.
Nice to see they’re still smoking crack in Philly.
$0.36 additional tax on a can of Pepsi? $8.64 tax on a case? And you can’t even buy it with your EBT card? Rascist!!
Philadelphia’s mayor wants to tax African Americans to pay for white children to go to Pre-K.
So they expect “X” in taxes spend “Y” in anticipation of those taxes but wind up with a negative “Z” for their effort and raises taxes on something else to make up for it.
The school district has an 80 Million dollar deficit. I know, lets add universal pre-K..... Never mind working on an existing problem....
Both of them?
Tax the daylights out of them. The more, the better! They elected this white Obama mayor now they can enjoy the fruits of their decision.
I think the mayor is a racist. Everyone knows that blacks drink more sugary drinks than anyone else.
Man, I must be black, because I sure love fried chicken, orange or grape Kool-Aid and watermelon. And I have really big lips. And I was born in Africa.
Damn.
OK, I’m not black, but I am African American. LOL.
a few years ago they raised the cig tax $2 for the schools. now everyone buys their cigs in the burbs. this plan will have city folks grocery shopping outside the city. should be great for city jobs
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