Posted on 07/31/2017 5:10:57 AM PDT by sleeper-has-awakened
I just love how coffee is considered a “sugary drink”.
It seems vaguely racist.
Remember, in a command economy demand is not affected by price .... /s
Sounds like a boon for stores just over the Cook County line. . .
Hey Chicago, watch out for the next Al Capone of soda.
“Sugary drinks” a faggy sounding phrase invented by lisping nanny state former Mayor of New York city Mike Bloomturd. Just another example of how leftists change words around in an attempt to deceive. It’s freakin SODA. That’s what we call Coke or Pepsi, SODA, we call it SODA! Normal people do not call it “sugary drinks” because some half a fag Mayor in NYC did. We don’t go a ballgame and order a hot dog hot dog and a sugary drink. If leftists want to be so anal about shifting words around may I suggest we start calling them “Enemies of freedom” because that’s exactly what they are.
When will someone discover that 100% juice is a high calorie “sugar” drink just like soda.
Whole thing is racist and anti-lower bracket people. Regressive, greedy government aiming to moderate behavior.
They’re politicians. They caused the budget issues, and now they have to find more money. They want to raise taxes, but have to find a way that will not hurt them politically. They choose to tax ‘sugary’ drinks, because they can sell it by saying they’re only concerned about the health of their constituents. In reality, if they could put a tax on milk and not get slammed for it they would do this too.
Give them what they want. Leave it on the shelves.
Crook county will get no money and the soda companies will beat up the pols until this is repealed.
Win Win
Soft drinks are not a dietary necessity. In fact, they are bad for your health, so that may be a good thing.
Maybe Cook County socialists are starting to run out of other peoples’ money to spend.
I thought it was some British bs
I think you're lost. DU is over there to the left.
We didn't get fat. We also drank WHOLE milk, ate eggs, bread, meat, potatoes, vegies, very little fruit except when is season.
What we didn't do....was sit around on our butts all day.
Soft drinks bad for your health? Not any worse than OJ.
It won't come close to generating the revenue they forecast, but what it will generate is a nice bump to the revenue projection so they can over-spend a little bit more. It's such a game.
Eat Drink your heart out, Chi-town.
Legislating against undesirable choices...what a novel idea.
Government infringing on liberty via oppressive taxation....always a “good thing”.
The way to get around these burdensome taxes is to not buy the product being taxed.
These government entities will soon discover that they’re taking in less tax money than they planned.
Whether that will kill the tax remains to be seen,but I would refuse to pay it.
There are more grams of sugar in 1 cup of grape juice(36) than in 1 cup of coca cola (26). Same for apple juice. It’s best to avoid all fruit juices.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/450038-juices-with-the-highest-sugar-content/
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