[sleeper-has-awakened]

A judge blocked this a couple days before it was to begin but a different judge has reinstated, to begin on Wednesday 08/02/17. Looks like a boost in business for all the store just over the Cook county line.

[ClearCase_guy]

I just love how coffee is considered a “sugary drink”.
It seems vaguely racist.

[Ken522]

Remember, in a command economy demand is not affected by price .... /s

[Salgak]

Sounds like a boon for stores just over the Cook County line. . .

[FatherofFive]

Hey Chicago, watch out for the next Al Capone of soda.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

“Sugary drinks” a faggy sounding phrase invented by lisping nanny state former Mayor of New York city Mike Bloomturd. Just another example of how leftists change words around in an attempt to deceive. It’s freakin SODA. That’s what we call Coke or Pepsi, SODA, we call it SODA! Normal people do not call it “sugary drinks” because some half a fag Mayor in NYC did. We don’t go a ballgame and order a hot dog hot dog and a sugary drink. If leftists want to be so anal about shifting words around may I suggest we start calling them “Enemies of freedom” because that’s exactly what they are.

[Sacajaweau]

When will someone discover that 100% juice is a high calorie “sugar” drink just like soda.

[joshua c]

Give them what they want. Leave it on the shelves.

Crook county will get no money and the soda companies will beat up the pols until this is repealed.

Win Win

[txrefugee]

Soft drinks are not a dietary necessity. In fact, they are bad for your health, so that may be a good thing.

[NonValueAdded]

So how'd that work in other jurisdictions /s

It won't come close to generating the revenue they forecast, but what it will generate is a nice bump to the revenue projection so they can over-spend a little bit more. It's such a game.

[upchuck]

Since the RATS have singled out "sugary drinks," I assume the tax doesn't apply to diet soft drinks?

Eat Drink your heart out, Chi-town.

[puppypusher]

The way to get around these burdensome taxes is to not buy the product being taxed.

These government entities will soon discover that they’re taking in less tax money than they planned.

Whether that will kill the tax remains to be seen,but I would refuse to pay it.

[I want the USA back]

They will find something else to tax. They are never satisfied. The end goal is complete government control over all money. Long way to go, but they are moving toward it.

[pas]

It is a good thing only the rich buy this stuff.

[blackdog]

Al Capone has a new commodity to smuggle and idiot democrats have already written checks for the next ten years of expected revenues which will never arrive.

[blackdog]

Next will be the “high fructose sweetener settlement” just like the tobacco settlement in 1996/7.

[stylin19a]

i live in a county west of Cook. I’m guessing all these counties will be looking at this.

Next, Cook will tax non-sugar drinks because they have no sugar in them to be taxed.

[SkyDancer]

This will fail big time. Look at what happened in PA and also Seattle.

[JohnBrowdie]

they should tax bullets. problem solved.

[tumblindice]

If you drive your car they’ll tax the street
If you take a walk they’ll tax your feet
Slake your thirst? They’ll tax the sweet ...
Chicago Democrats. But I repeat myself.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

In Illinois, as cigarette taxes have increased, total tax revenue collected from cigarette taxes has decreased as an estimated 1 in 5 cigarettes in Illinois are smuggled across state and county lines to avoid paying Illinois’ lofty excise taxes. Much like cigarette taxes, it’s possible a soda tax will drive Illinoisans to cross state and county lines to buy their soda where it’s taxed less. If past trends hold true, it’s possible the new taxes on sugary beverages will drive business out of Illinois and Cook County rather than generate revenue.

They are counting on people continuing to buy the taxed drinks so the revenue keeps flowing. That's what it is all about. Not health. The Cook County Board President threatened county job layoffs if the tax didn't stand. Of course, in the long run the revenue will not be what they need and they will have to raise the tax or add a tax to some other item.