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CA: Proposed soda tax would raise $1.7 billion statewide for schools and children's health programs
Mercury News ^
| 4/21/11
| Neil Gonzales
Posted on 04/21/2011 12:41:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Uhh, No.
lots of parcel taxes around too..
No. No. No. No. .. No.
To: NormsRevenge
Problem,they never get the $$$!
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:43:07 PM PDT
by
taxtruth
(Don't end the fed,jail the fed!)
To: NormsRevenge
Chance are the Politically Correct ban on sugary drinks would take effect and much far less than 1.7 billion would be collected.
Do you imagine they took either the effect of the tax or political correctness into account when they came up with this figure?
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:44:05 PM PDT
by
sr4402
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:44:58 PM PDT
by
samtheman
To: NormsRevenge
CA schools need EDUCATION programs, not health programs.
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:45:32 PM PDT
by
SZonian
(July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
(’Ve must do it to uhhh.. for ze children.. Jaa.’)
Yeah, Right. always for the children.. and the unions.
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:46:04 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
To: NormsRevenge
Idiots. Just can’t grasp that when you raise a tax on something, you get less of it. Won’t raise near that much, but would kill a decent number of jobs.
Again, idiots...
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:47:54 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Talga Vassternich)
To: NormsRevenge
The Nanny State advances...
To: NormsRevenge
Every can of softdrink is already taxed 11 cents (10 cents for the ‘deposit’ which you'll never see again, and 1 cent tax on the tax, which to me is the height of hubris...) So they want to more than double the existing special taxes on a can of soda from 11 cents to 23 cents, or a little higher if they make this tax also taxable.
For a 2 liter bottle that only has 11 cents tax already, they're going to add at least 67 cents in tax atop that. And I'm sure the plan is to toss this tax on fountain served drinks as well, making that 44 ounce soda half a buck more expensive.
All to give to...schools? The place that outlaws tag, forbids running, and dumbed down every single playground? Will this bring back actual gym in schools? Nope, nope, it's for education classes... Which obviously aren't working in the first place, but if we give it a heck of a lot more money, it'll be just a-okay. Really, we won't use that money to pad our union slush funds...
The tax is stupid, the supposed benefit of the tax is useless, and maybe the answer isn't making kids sit in one place for 8 hours a day... Just a thought there. Here, have another strawberry flavored milk, with twice the carbs as a soda! It's healthy, and school approved.
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:51:43 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Legislators should read what they write!)
To: NormsRevenge
most of it going toward health-related programs for children.More likely new cars for the legislators, or some other bennie.
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:52:56 PM PDT
by
itsahoot
(Almost everything I post is Sarcastic, since I have no sense of humor about lying politicians.)
To: kingu
I heard that they also want to raise the CRV in California again...
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:55:30 PM PDT
by
Thunder90
(Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
To: NormsRevenge
California, huh? Let's see them tax movie tickets to raise revenue and see if the Hollyweird elite bellyache about it; can't have their own ox gored, I'll bet.
Will they at least charge the higher tax at the refreshment counter, or will the liberal elite movie makers get an exemption for that?
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:55:31 PM PDT
by
jeffc
(Prayer. It's freedom of speech.)
To: NormsRevenge
If a 2-liter bottle of Coke sells for $1.49, as it
often does: A penny tax on each of the 68 ounces would raise the price by 46%. A penny tax on cheaper, non-name brands, would do even more damage. You can often find a 99 cent special on those. Adding 68 cents would increase the price by 68%. For the children.
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:55:53 PM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Note to Obama: The only time you actually are the smartest person in the room is when you are alone.)
To: NormsRevenge
If you think that the kids and health care will get the money, I have a bridge for sale. Never trust a politician to do what he says he’s gonna do. The NYS thruway was only supposed to be a toll road until the construction was paid off. RIGHT.
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:56:11 PM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
To: NormsRevenge
I know a great way around the law once it is enacted. I’m gonna be rich!!!
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posted on
04/21/2011 12:57:28 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(President Obama's approval ratings are so low now, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the US)
To: NormsRevenge
To the nitwit who wrote this dreck: All taxes go into the General Fund from which all is spent on meaningless liberal feel-good projects which are worthless. Schools and children’s health programs will NEVER see a dime of that money, and you can BANK on it stupid!
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posted on
04/21/2011 1:02:35 PM PDT
by
Doc Savage
("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
To: NonValueAdded
Yeah! You’re probably going to sell your soda by weight.
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posted on
04/21/2011 1:10:40 PM PDT
by
Ed Condon
(Give 'em a heading, an altitude, and a reason.)
To: NormsRevenge
CA: Proposed soda tax would raise $1.7 billion statewide for schools and children's health programs I you ban sodas or people stop drinking them, what good is it?.....
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posted on
04/21/2011 1:21:46 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Mitt Romney: The Harold Stassen of the 21st century........)
To: Doc Savage; ez; itsahoot; NormsRevenge
Right you all are:
"Burchyns said it's unclear whether schools would have to use the money for a specific purpose or be able to direct it to a variety of needs."The answer will announce itself soon enough...
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posted on
04/21/2011 1:28:53 PM PDT
by
Tenniel2
(Ignore politics and you'll end up being governed by your inferiors. -- Plato)
To: NormsRevenge
No, the money will go to a new bureaucracy to regulate, collect and report the taxes. Maybe a slim .0025% will go to the intended source. The rest will go to the deficit.
IT'S OVER CALI!
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posted on
04/21/2011 1:35:01 PM PDT
by
poobear
(FACTS - the turd in the punch bowl of liberal thought!)
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