How's the sugary drink tax working out? (Philadelphia: transplants, taxes)

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by 2e1m5a

Well, why not?


San Francisco recently announced plans to provide free college education to city residents.


San Francisco to be the first US city to offer free college

Philly is not San Francisco and the SF tax is based on properties selling over $5 million. The soda tax was supposed to fight obesity, another area I guess the government is supposed to control for people. The could have just put a big banner up in Dilworth Park ''Eat Less, Move More''.

Now its more freebies for pre-school; in Philly that's gonna be free day care.

Philly needs to address is current Public School fiasco before expanding its education ineptness.

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by Kamms

The soda tax was supposed to fight obesity,

Tobacco settlement money was supposed to cure lung cancer too. It ended up paying for potholes and God knows what else. You give money to the government and you lose all accounting.

[Mania618]

Day care has shown to improve performance in school. Those kids who sit around watching Maury Povich with mom or granma start school unprepared. Getting started early on learning, plus the social benefits, has never hurt anybody.

[credit6]

I been buying my juices from Rite Aid since I get a discount with every purchase.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

Tobacco settlement money was supposed to cure lung cancer too. It ended up paying for potholes and God knows what else. You give money to the government and you lose all accounting.

Kinda-sorta, but remember CHIP?

In Pennsylvania as in most states, tobacco settlement money went towards state Children's Health Insurance Programs that provided free health insurance for children under 16.

[Kamms]

Originally Posted by Mania618

Day care has shown to improve performance in school. Those kids who sit around watching Maury Povich with mom or granma start school unprepared. Getting started early on learning, plus the social benefits, has never hurt anybody.

So mom or grandma can get a job and pay for their kids pre-school instead of sitting around watching Maury Povich all day. While the rest of us work and pay for their kids pre-school, they sit at home watching TV.

Btw, it's pre-school at issue here, not day care, but nonetheless, thanks for making another point: mom and grandma at home watching TV while play-daddy government foots the bill at the taxpayers expense.

Or, at a minimum, why can't mom or grandma teach their kids some basics at home if they can't afford pre-school? Why do that when you can schlepp your kids to free pre-school.

[firehaz1]

Not just sugary drinks. Ice tea, diet ice tea, diet soda, childrens juice boxes (same kids this is supposed to help). Stores I have talked to sales are down 25% all over. People going to but drinks outside city so they will buy everything outside city. Tas is jus too regressive. Has to end.

[2002 Subaru]

Originally Posted by Kamms

So mom or grandma can get a job and pay for their kids pre-school instead of sitting around watching Maury Povich all day. While the rest of us work and pay for their kids pre-school, they sit at home watching TV.

Btw, it's pre-school at issue here, not day care, but nonetheless, thanks for making another point: mom and grandma at home watching TV while play-daddy government foots the bill at the taxpayers expense.

Or, at a minimum, why can't mom or grandma teach their kids some basics at home if they can't afford pre-school? Why do that when you can schlepp your kids to free pre-school.

Damn ... That IS true.




If you can't afford them, don't have them.

[HappyRider]

It's been several months now so there are plenty of sales figure available to see how the program works. You think anybody can ferret them out? Let's see if the Pulitzer price winning city press can for a moment stop chasing the bouncing ball and do some real reporting.

[MarketStEl]

Originally Posted by HappyRider

It's been several months now so there are plenty of sales figure available to see how the program works. You think anybody can ferret them out? Let's see if the Pulitzer price winning city press can for a moment stop chasing the bouncing ball and do some real reporting.

I wouldn't call seven weeks "several months."

It's long enough for distributors and retailers to feel an effect but not long enough to say whether trendlines are permanent or whether curves might bend further in one direction or the other.