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A 2-cent tax will not discourage anyone from drinking anything. This is a transparent attempt to justify a tax increase and money grab on the part of the city government. How dumb does he think people are.
Two cents per ounce is the proposal. That would be sixty-four cents on a 32 oz. Big Gulp from Kwik Trip. Plus sales tax.
It's 2 cents an ounce. That's 24 cents on a can of soda and more than a dollar on a 2 liter bottle.
It's a scare tactic and the soda and trash taxes won't be as high when they're done hashing things out. I have never seen people as angry as they are now in Philly. (I was born and raised in Philly, now live in a first ring suburb). First, their property taxes got raised by assigning people their true market value of their homes and now this. People are livid.
Acmes inside the city, like the ones in Roxborough and Andorra might as well just close up shop if they pass this thing (which they won't). If the better off people from Manayunk, Roxborough, and East Falls have to go outside the city for their Cokes, they might as well do the rest of their shopping there too.
I think they'll probably increase the city wage. They'll do just about anything except reduce spending.
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