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To: SeekAndFind
Stupidity by politicians does have consequences.
2 posted on
02/22/2017 10:52:29 AM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
To: SeekAndFind
You can’t fix stupid....
and I guarantee nobody stopped drinking soda, they are just buying it elsewhere. So loss of jobs, no new tax revenue, no reduction in the actual consumption...mission accomplished.
To: SeekAndFind
If Philly shoppers went to the trouble to shop out of area for soda, they probably went ahead and purchased much more in the same shopping run. Look toward more than just the tax receipts on soda to diminish.
4 posted on
02/22/2017 10:54:57 AM PST by
Ozark Tom
(Now it's the Deep State Media DSM ™ ®--evil spawn of the MSM 3-letter networks)
To: SeekAndFind
Mayor Kenney harshly rebuked reports of coming layoffs..."I didn't think it was possible for the soda industry to be any greedier,"
What a dumbass.
Sure, like "Big Oil" and "Big Pharma", we have "Big Pop"....
5 posted on
02/22/2017 10:55:49 AM PST by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: SeekAndFind
Ask Mike Bloomberg to subsidize your losses!
To: SeekAndFind
Tax totalitarian subversive politicians.
7 posted on
02/22/2017 10:56:10 AM PST by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: SeekAndFind
And I bet that the fake news in philly will try their best to downplay this and not inform the public of the folly of taxes like this.
11 posted on
02/22/2017 10:58:16 AM PST by
TMA62
(Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
To: SeekAndFind
That woman who lived until 116 had 3 dr peppers a day for 60 years.
That’s nearly 70,000.
But I think it’s what killed her.
12 posted on
02/22/2017 10:58:17 AM PST by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: SeekAndFind
My guess is people aren't consuming less. They're moving their purchases out to the suburbs unaffected by the tax. And maybe some enterprising citizens with large trunk automobiles are stocking up and bringing the bubbly nectar back to the city to sell al fresco. Creating criminals and opportunities for black market criminality is probably what government, any government, is best at.
13 posted on
02/22/2017 10:58:50 AM PST by
katana
To: SeekAndFind
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
In this case it is destroying a market in one area, but opening a market in another. Pretty soon, rather then rescind the tax they will create a SODA POLICE and demand that any soda consumed within city limits have a tax stamp attached.
Then they will begin to go after smugglers.
Next thing you know there will be a black market in sodas.
And in the end they will spend more in enforcement then they get in revenue.
It was a nice touch for them to claim it was for the children. I am afraid that card has expired.
14 posted on
02/22/2017 10:59:14 AM PST by
CIB-173RDABN
(US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
To: SeekAndFind
I drink one, maybe two sodas a month. I drink none of the flavored water. I do drink plain bottled water but not as much as I used to. It’s all too expensive. And the sodas are toxic. When I drink one now I really notice it.... feel yucky for an hour or two.
15 posted on
02/22/2017 11:00:01 AM PST by
Mercat
(Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
To: SeekAndFind
They’re soon going to have to charge way more than that to make up for the loss of federal funds to support illegal alien criminals.
16 posted on
02/22/2017 11:00:21 AM PST by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
To: SeekAndFind
Mayor Kenney harshly rebuked reports of coming layoffs late Tuesday night. "I didn't think it was possible for the soda industry to be any greedier," Kenney said in an emailed statement.
They are so committed to stopping this tax from spreading to other cities, that they are not only passing the tax they should be paying onto their customer, they are actually willing to threaten working men and women's jobs rather than marginally reduce their seven figure bonuses." THIS GUY IS A LUNATIC!...................
17 posted on
02/22/2017 11:01:49 AM PST by
Red Badger
(If "Majority Rule" was so important in South Africa, why isn't it that way here?.......)
To: SeekAndFind
Great job Philly - way to plug a budget shortfall! Generate revenue for surrounding cities, cost people their jobs, etc.
Genius I tell ya!
21 posted on
02/22/2017 11:05:14 AM PST by
Made In The USA
(Rap music: Soundtrack of the retarded.)
To: SeekAndFind
If the consumer wants soda or sweetened beverage than they go to the nearest town and stock up.
I lived in Oregon for 2 years and they had the bottle bill which levied a 5 cent deposit on cans and bottles of beer and soda. I would buy my products at Costco in Washington state and avoid the surcharge and then I would take the empties to the stores in Oregon and get my “refund” on the deposit.
27 posted on
02/22/2017 11:09:37 AM PST by
shotgun
To: SeekAndFind
Laffer Curve in full effect. It’s as though they didn’t think people would change their behavior!!!! lol
28 posted on
02/22/2017 11:10:05 AM PST by
fuzzylogic
(welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
To: SeekAndFind
10.00 for a bottle of flavored water IS INSANE!!!! OMG these legislators ARE NUTS!!!!
To: SeekAndFind
And I bet that they already allocated those new tax funds for some social programs; borrowed from the normal budget until this new revenue came in -LOL.
33 posted on
02/22/2017 11:14:03 AM PST by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: SeekAndFind
Is there anything goofier and more dangerous than an Irish lib. Anybody in the last 70 years do any more damage to the US than Teddy the murderer.
36 posted on
02/22/2017 11:15:22 AM PST by
Stentor
(A day without illegals is like a day without food poisoning.--Salamander)
To: SeekAndFind
$3.28 per 10 pack buys enough fuel or bus fare to make the trip out of the city and back. New Jersey is loving this.
48 posted on
02/22/2017 11:26:10 AM PST by
fella
("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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