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1/2/2018 7:46am
1/2/2018 7:46am
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1/15/2018 10:01am
http://www.gopusa.com/seattles-soda-tax-begins/
1.75 cents per ounce or an additional $2.52 per twelve pack. When you add sales tax, the tax is as much as the 12 pack. That's a good way to drive all grocery buying traffic out of the city.
How did that tax work out for Cook County?
1.75 cents per ounce or an additional $2.52 per twelve pack. When you add sales tax, the tax is as much as the 12 pack. That's a good way to drive all grocery buying traffic out of the city.
How did that tax work out for Cook County?
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And those sin taxes just go to prop up some more gubmint waste. Meanwhile, all those grossly obese people keep drinking their diet soda.
I'm wondering if the Seattle City Council has exposed themselves to liability by excluding diet sodas, especially if more studies confirm the health risks of the artificial sweeteners........
When I go to BC and see how expensive beer and cigarettes are because of taxes, I can't help but applaud the effort. You still have the choice to drink soda, it's just going to cost you more.
Like I said, we'll see how it goes. If soda consumption stays the same then its back to the drawing board.
Pretty slippery slope.
maybe it works
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronaldholden/2017/02/22/starbucks-wont-fac…
Pit Row
I happen to love Dr Pepper and dont give a rats ass how bad it is for me anymore than how Titos and lime jacks up my innards too. Same with hopping on my RM250 and augering my dumbass into the ground, its all my prerogative and total bullcrap if some do-gooder can tax me more because they "think" its something I should not do.
My body, my choice. Sound familiar?
I disagree with sin taxes simply on principles of freedom and equality, principles I like to think our country is founded upon. Freedom of choice to do whatever you want as long as it isn't harming another person (what is more your own private property than your own body). And equal treatment, if a business provides a good or service that isn't illegal, treat it equal among all other goods/services. We don't need some weak attempt at social engineering.
But I agree that soda is nasty.
But why are there so many obese people on welfare? I thought they were "poor"?
I'm so glad I kicked the soda habit a long time ago. It's crazy how much soda gets consumed in a day. Even the dietary recommendation of 200 grams of carbs is insane. One of those big gulps has probably about that much sugar.
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