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To: CedarDave
2 cents per ounce? Seriously?

Twenty ounce bottles, which around here in NY have a 5 cent deposit, would cost an extra 40 cents on top of that.

And what about the 2-liter and 3-liter bottles? Quick, do your metric conversion everyone!

I don't want to even think about the movie beverages! (which would, if they were smart, just include this already into the ridiculous price.)

10 posted on 05/03/2017 9:08:01 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: Tanniker Smith
And what about the 2-liter and 3-liter bottles?

A two-liter of brand name soda sells for around $1.35 locally (Albuquerque/Rio Rancho, NM). The store brand is around a dollar. There are roughly 33.8 fluid ounces in a liter, making a two-liter bottle come to 67.6 ounces. 67.6 x 2 is $1.35 (rounded). It effectively doubles the name brand stuff, and is a 135% increase on the store brands.

On top of this, chocolate milk and real fruit juices with 100% real fruit juice was not taxed, even though they're both loaded with sugar.

Worst deal was powdered drink mixes (such as Country Time lemonade) were taxed not at the weight of the product sold, but at the amount of fluid the mix made at the recommended mix ratio. So, the big, 82.5 ounce container of Country Time Lemonade Mix, which makes 34 quarts, and which sells for under $10 anywhere, would now cost you an additional $21.76 in new taxes (34 quarts x 32 ounces in a quart = 1,088 fluid ounces x 0.02 = $21.76).

14 posted on 05/03/2017 10:09:33 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees! - Kipling)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Google for “philadelphia soda tax” for real-life horror stories of what a crime against capitalism it is.


19 posted on 05/03/2017 11:04:04 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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