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the point was to penalize sugary drinks due to health issues (stupid idea if you ask me), but that has to change due to 'disparate impact'
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The changes were recommendations that emerged when staff from the mayor’s office and the office of Councilmember Tim Burgess studied disparate impacts the tax could have on people with low incomes and on people of color, according to Murray.
That work involved conversations with community advocates, public-health professionals and business owners, according to the mayor. After Murray’s initial announcement, some suggested the exclusion of beverages with artificial sweeteners would be unfair because affluent white people tend to consume more diet drinks. Diet drinks added to Seattle mayor
Ed Murray takes the cake for stupidity. Sorry Ed, we are laughing at you, not with you.
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The mayor of Seattle has altered the rules of his proposed soda tax — which would fund education for minorities–to include diet drinks because affluent white people tend to consume them more.
Mayor Ed Murray of the staunchly liberal Seattle city originally proposed the soda tax during his state of the city address in February. Under his initial plan, distributors of sugary drinks would have to pay 2 cents per ounce.
It would cover sodas such as Coke and Pepsi, energy drinks like Red Bull, fruit drinks, sweetened teas and bottled coffees such as those sold by Starbucks.
The Mayor claimed the tax would bring $16 million in revenue that would be spent on education programs aimed at reducing disparities between the city’s white students and students of color.
But the mayor has updated the plan after the staff of the mayor’s office told him that the tax would actually disproportionately fall on poor minorities, who have higher rates of soda consumption than white residents.
Isn't it against the constitution to propose and enact on laws that are aimed at a specific race of people?
Anyways, if this mayor is to go ahead with this plan, I sure hope the white people will pack up and literally enact on whiteflight and go to a place where they are welcomed.
Isn't it against the constitution to propose and enact on laws that are aimed at a specific race of people?
Yes, but you can't win that battle in the court of public opinion. Laws that are designed to penalize people for the color of their skin are only supported if the target color is white.
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It does. It's called Zevia.
Kicking grape drinks was tough for me when I became a health nut in my early 20s.
I loved grape soda.
Actually I only drink diet now. Yes I am very white lol. Regular soda is way to sweet for me. My wife loves the diet Dr Pepper. I like diet colas,,Diet Orange Crush and I like diet root beer.
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How stupid can a mayor be?
