Posted on 07/28/2017 4:46:08 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
CHICAGO (CBS) — A judge has lifted an injunction on Cook County’s sweetened beverage tax, allowing the county to begin collecting the penny-per-ounce tax.
The tax is expected to be collected beginning next Wednesday, barring surprises or another legal challenge.
Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak had blocked the tax on June 30, one day before it was to go into effect, after opponents filed a lawsuit claiming the tax is unconstitutionally vague, and isn’t applied uniformly to the same drinks.
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No taxes just a block or two away. Suffer Crook County.
The black market always needs new product lines; everyone else will just go outside the county to do their shopping.
Congratulations, Chair Preckwinkle, this will turn out well.
Next thing you know there will be soda-pop speakeasys selling bathtub pop. People will go blind or get the jake leg.
> The black market always needs new product lines
Isn’t that what it’s about? Cops make money, lawyers make money, courts make money, jailers make money. Consider this a jobs bill.
OK, cue the Sarah Palin Big Gulp photo, someone.
“if you walk too much they’ll tax your feet”.
Hey illinois, you voted for the shit you get.
This is the inevitable result of socialized medicine; if we’re going to be footing the bills for people a few years down the road, let’s collect the money now while they give themselves diabetes, cancer and such.
I like this concept because it often taxes people who pay little or no tax whatsoever; they are returning our money to the state that took it from us to begin with.
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