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Seattle recently became the latest major city to enact a sweetened beverage tax. In response to the new levy, some retailers have calculated how much of the price is due to the tax, and customers are reeling from sticker shock. One local reporter found that the tax added $10.34 to a case
Good lord thats more than the retailer, supplier and producer all make. Darn those greedy C̶E̶O̶'̶S̶ politicians!
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Many people are likely to avoid the tax by traveling to other untaxed locations to purchase groceries. Costco tells its customers about locations outside the city that are not subject to the beverage tax. One customer told KIRO, a local news station, that she would go to the location in a nearby town. People will undoubtedly follow her lead, so the tax will have limited success in its health-related goals while also harming local businesses and failing to generate revenue.
good for Costco, but too bad for the little guy with one location.
Anything that helps with the obesity crisis in America is a good thing. I'm going to hate seeing the social and healthcare costs in the US in 20-30 years due to all of the overweight people.
Anything that helps with the obesity crisis in America is a good thing. I'm going to hate seeing the social and healthcare costs in the US in 20-30 years due to all of the overweight people.
Hmm government controlled health care AND government controlled food prices, GREAT! Unintended consequences abound.
Anything that helps with the obesity crisis in America is a good thing. I'm going to hate seeing the social and healthcare costs in the US in 20-30 years due to all of the overweight people.
Anything huh? Gulags next when this scheme fails?
all the politicians are doing here is making people poorer while enriching themselves.
You do make a good point to get away from a collectivized health care system. Let individuals bear the responsibility of their lifestyle choices.
Anything that helps with the obesity crisis in America is a good thing. I'm going to hate seeing the social and healthcare costs in the US in 20-30 years due to all of the overweight people.
If you think we can be taxed out of obesity, you better reevaluate. It's the wrong approach to the problem, and in 20-30 years we will look back at how silly we were.
At $10.34 of taxes per case, there's some people out there right now with some really wide open eyes saying "Wow! What's the next thing that's bad for us that we can tax the hell out of???"
Anything that helps with the obesity crisis in America is a good thing. I'm going to hate seeing the social and healthcare costs in the US in 20-30 years due to all of the overweight people.
Wrong.
Anything that allows busybodies (like self-decribed Cheeto-junkie, Michael Bloomberg) to decide what others eat, is a BAD thing.
Liberal banners should stick their beaks in their own refrigerators--and stay out of ours.
What will SNAP recipients do? Soda is their #1 purchase.
SNAP purchases are EXEMPT from ALL taxes, deposits, and fees.
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