Normally, I’d say this is a pretty stupid idea. But over the past two years...I’ve kinda read up on the sugar mafia. There’s an enormous effort to put excess sugar into just about everything these days. A guy could read the side of packages and grasp this....but the addiction angle is hurting us because you just can’t quit most sugar products now. While I think regulation is stupid....so is using excess sugar in our diet. It took me two years to wean myself off all sodas (even diet stuff).
My initial instinct was to propose a per-word tax for city council members... thinking they need to listen more and talk/do less. Then I remembered this was San Francisco and realized I quit caring about what they do in the city and county of SF a long time ago.
It would be more direct and honest if SFO were to vote in favor of mass suicide.
“harmful beverages”
Sugar consumption is a lifestyle choice. Imagine if San Francisco tried to tax harmful behaviors, as well.
Only a bunch of commie fsggots could come up with an idea like this.
“...according to the best economist in the city.”
That’s not much of a compliment.
There should be a substantial tax on buggery. It has enormous health care costs. Will Progressive San Francisco be taking the lead on this crisis ?
That’s quite a tax. If a can of soda costs 50 cents, it’s a ~50% tax. If it costs a dollar, it’s still a ~25% tax.
A 2 liter bottle is 67.6 ounces so you’d get a tax of $1.35 on a 2 liter bottle.
A case of cans would be 288 ounces with a tax of $5.76, more than a case of Sam’s cola actually costs here.
And the idiots thought the authoritarians would stop at cigarettes.
Don’t you know, it’s cool to hate fat people now, since hating cigarette smokers has proven to be such a tax success.
Next up, on the fat haters targets: vegetable oils and animal fat.
What about HFCS? Is that considered ‘sugar’? What about artificial sweeteners?
Seems like a great business opportunity to me. Find the nearest small town outside of San Fran and open a convenience store and advertise that you offer sugar laden drinks and snacks with no tax. I would drive a few miles just to stick a finger in their eyes, if I used those products.
Aint free enterprise great.
sodastream and the liberals in SanFran can go pound sand