where they do the 'Dew' by the case..
IGNORANT MASSES SHOCKED BY PHILLY BEVERAGE TAX IMPACT
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Chunky Stool
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@squarepush3r the link in your original post does not work. 
NLXSK1
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NLXSK1
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How very bigoted of you....
Chunky Stool
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NLXSK1
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I drink coke zero... no sugar.
Justin-case
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Yup, but in that sense I'm addicted to my car and a warm house too. Caffine on the other hand is a highly addictive drug. Not to mention the fact that the consumers of soda products are costing billions in health care and on the economy.
Isn't this thread about soda tax, I am simply pointing out that you're a major consumer of soda.Nice deflection though
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Growdict
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so, in this case, you believe the FDA and corporation when they tell you this chemical slurry is safe for you....interesting.
Justin-case
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Our aunt drank that crap, diabetes still killed her. How does that saying go, you can lead a horse to water.....
londonfog
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it also contains H3PO4...orthophosphoric acid or if you prefer Phosphoric acid, which can be used to break down rust and dissolve metals. Please enjoy mass quantities daily. Let me know how that back feels.
Justin-case
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Cringe, enjoying a cup of plain organic mint malange tea from trader Joes.
Justin-case
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Yep, our aunt had half her foot amputated, fun stuff.
Grandpapy
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I never thought of it as repayment, more a penalty for charging for an education.
Chunky Stool
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I think scientific studies have shown that artificial sweeteners also create an insulin spike.
They taste sweet and your body responds the same way.
Artificial sweeteners are NOT a healthy alternative to sugar.
They have also linked caramel coloring to health problems.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2014/01/caramel-color-the-health-risk-that-may-be-in-your-soda/index.htm
Rasta Roy
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Sounds like you've got good problems in Philly! Here in Michigan where our government is led by conservatives we have lead filled water and an AG who was pimping the girlfriends of the guys he was locking up in exchange for less time. Not to mention the time they've spent fighting medical marijuana patients and growers rights.https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/01/03/ignorant-masses-shocked-by-philly-soda-tax-impact/
Check out this receipt and you realize why the country just elected Donald Trump. Liberal Democrat scumbag mayor Jim Kenney and his entirely Democrat city council thought it was a brilliant idea to ram a beverage tax down the throats of Philadelphians last year. They were doing it for the chilruns. It’s always for the chilrun. The ignorant masses bought the load of bullshit because they don’t understand maff. They understand it now. The tax went into effect on January 1 and the sticker shock is infuriating the ignorant masses.
This receipt for a 10 pack of flavored water shows a 51% beverage tax. It gets even better. PA has a sales tax of 6%. Philly already charges another 2% (for the chilruns) to make the sales tax 8%. These bastards now charge the 8% on the original price plus the beverage tax. Last week this purchase came to $6.47. Today it is $9.75.
Now ask yourself, who drinks the most sugary drinks? That’s right. Obese uneducated poor people who are likely to be scraping by on food stamps or very low incomes. Kenney and his liberal minions have fucked over their main voters. This tax is going to drive grocery purchases outside the city and hurt small restaurant owners. It isn’t benefiting kids. It’s funding the bloated pensions of teachers and government employees. Overall tax revenue will decline. Democrats are complete idiots when it comes to economics. Taxing their people to death is destroying Philly.
As a side note, PA, which already had the highest gas tax in the country, increased it by another 8 cents per gallon on January 1. I’m sure the corrupt PA Dept of Transportation will spend the millions wisely on bloated union construction contracts for sub-par work that is only two years late getting completed. Happy New Year from Taxylvania!!!!
Philadelphia rang in the new year with a controversial new beverage tax on soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks. The tax, which went into effect on Sunday, is the first one of its kind in a major city in the United States.
While the tax is technically 1.5 cents per ounce, which doesn’t sound too terrible, when buying a 10-pack of 20 oz bottles those numbers climb pretty quickly. In this case, a 10-pack of Propel flavored water that originally retailed for $5.99 had an additional three dollars tacked on to it in taxes.
Chuck Andrews picked up a $1.77 gallon jug of tea, got home and looked at his receipt.
“When I read the receipt I’m like, ‘Wait a minute. I paid more in tax than I did for the product,'” Andrews said.
The tax on the $1.77 gallon of tea was $1.92 cents.
“Which is OK if you had told me,” he said.
Andrews’ point is he would rather have the full cost, the product and the tax inclusive, posted on the main shelf tag.
A customer at a Save-A-Lot on Woodhaven Road snapped a picture of a 12-pack of diet green tea and the price surge of what normally costs $4.99. It’s now $8.03.
The money generated from the tax will help fund Mayor Jim Kenney’s Pre-K program.
“I understand that the school systems need money, but there’s other ways to go about it than to make such a drastic increase on soda,” Elena Porsch of South Philadelphia said.
The mayor’s office tells Action News, “The tax is on the distribution of sweetened beverages from companies like Coca-Cola to dealers like supermarkets, and because it’s not a sales tax… distributors don’t have to pass it on to customers.”
Small businesses like Franzones in Manayunk have already been getting an earful from customers about the higher prices and wonder what this will mean for their future.
“The businesses take a hit with profits, the customers take a hit with payment, and it’s kind of a lose-lose in Philadelphia with this tax,” Mike Maziarz of Franzones said.
Many people are saying they will go out of Philadelphia rather than pay the tax. Others say they will change what they buy.
“So now I know. I’m buying water, water, water,” Carl Saulsbury of North Philadelphia said.
It’s also important to note, if grocery stores purchased these taxable beverages last week from their distributors, then the soda tax wouldn’t apply. But if the beverages were purchased on the first of January or after, it would.
Chunky Stool
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No shit! Did you see that weediquette special about Port Huron police? They raid legal grow operations, and if you have ANY violation, they confiscate everything! And I'm not just talking plants and grow stuff. Vehicles, TVs, computers, hell they even opened birthday cards for a little girl and confiscated the money.
Got one too many plants? Lose everything.
Site not properly secured? Lose everything.
Smell isn't being managed properly? Lose everything.
Those fuckers are out of control.
tangerinegreen555
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To listen to you whine like a bitch
squarepush3r
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looks like it was moved@squarepush3r the link in your original post does not work.
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2017/01/04/ignorant-masses-shocked-by-philly-soda-tax-impact/
twostrokenut
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You are trying desperately to find an iota of positive in all the negative. The cigarette tax is not new and has failed. Sales going down a little bit right now? Great. Sales crushed? Fail. All tax revenue applied to medical costs, prevention and education for tobacco? Fail. Promote and encourage safer alternative that could eliminate lung cancer? Fail.