I’m unable to drink sweetened soda these days, but people should be outraged by these taxes - the government has no right to use taxes to try to shape peoples dietary habits, or to use peoples dietary habits to generate revenue for itself.
Cook County would be smart to raise the tax on Skittles, if they really want to balance the budget.
But they will enrich those that own stores outside of the municipality limits.
It’s obvious what’s happening here. Bankrupt governments have figured out that the only way to remain solvent is to impose highly regressive taxes so they can squeeze money from the leeches they’ve been supporting for years.
Now running TV ads in Philadelphia showing the little tykes “graduating” from Pre-K after the first year of the expanded program which was paid for by the new Philly soda tax of last year - at the end of the ad comes the announcement “Paid for by Michael Bloomberg” - it’s a nationwide push which would seem to have only one big payoff - for the Teachers’ union......
The DemonRATs want their slaves back. It’s not racist this time. This time slavery is for everybody. Just like it was before 1782.
[Albany, Berkeley and Oakland in California, Philadelphia, and Boulder, Colorado. San Francisco and Seattle]
Ah, liberals......
they don’t call it a soda tax- but in the last 2 years- a 24 pack of pepsi used to go for around $4.50-5.00 regularly- it’s now going for around 8-9 dollars just two years later- likely due to climate change regulations imposed on businesses who then have to push the cost increase off onto customers-
It’s amazing how fast prices rose once obama took office- could get a big bag of chips for around $1.50 or so before he took office- then a couple years later you now pay over $4.00- cereal used to be dirt cheap- not anymore-milk- same thing- heck- everything rose drastically after obama took office- Gasoline prices remained fairly steady for a great many years at around the $1.00 mark per gallon- I drove for a great many years- paying right around $1.00 (started off paying only around .55 p.gallon) then all of a sudden we’re up to $4.60 a gallon during obama administration- Granted he didn’t control oil prices- but it’s just strange that when he took office- EVERYTHING rose dramatically
Where Democrats lead, Republicans soon follow.
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy...
Honestly, it isn't the product - I don't touch the stuff - it's the attitude that the local commissars can tax it for your own good that grates.
can we figure out a way to tax liberalism?
Everywhere a soda tax is added, they need to remove soda from the list of WIC and Welfare acceptable items to purchase.
Part of the Cook County deal is that “folks” with EBT cards DO NOT pay the extra tax on soda. It would be unfair to them to pay, so they say. Plus this not a tax on just surgery drinks, this also includes diet beverages with no calories, and iced teas.
A tax based on skin color?
How “progressive”!
/smh
http://reason.com/blog/2017/05/05/seattle-mayor-proposes-soda-tax-to-fight
Soda Tax...the ultimate panacea?
As Philly Weighs Soda Tax, Union Boss Awaits Big Gulp of Public Cash.
https://heatst.com/politics/as-philly-weighs-soda-tax-union-boss-awaits-big-gulp-of-public-cash/
I’d be interested in knowing if cans/bottles of unsweetened tea are included in these abusive tax schemes.
Always a tax with these people.
I had to stop drinking Coke several ago and switched to diet sunkist. Now I had to give that up. No more high fructose syrup and Aspartame. It causes heath issues with me. Regular cane sugar so far is ok for my stomach : )
Use a cap full of Pepto Bismo for a week to clear out your innards and you will feel better.
How long until Indian reservations start selling soda? Forget Tobacco Barn, Soda Barn.