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The soda wars move to Berkeley
hotair.com ^ | 10/19/2014 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 10/19/2014 9:20:04 AM PDT by rktman

The progressive War on Soda may have failed in New York, despite the best efforts of the Deplorable Nanny State Mayor, but this is a multi-front battle which will clearly rage on for some time. As any good battle commander will tell you, when fighting an opponent with numerical superiority, it’s best to drag them into a skirmish on your home turf. In the effort to save people from their own ignorant, evil selves, the fight to make soda more expensive – and thereby modify public behavior through tax policy – has moved to Berkeley.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: berkeley; california; coke; dumbasses; nannystate; pop; rulers; soda; sodatax; sodawars
Berserkly. Tax white death. No, not cocaine, sugar. Not only that, most soda pop has the earth killing "See Uh O 2" in it as well. Even contains a lot of DHMO. How come we don't see the ecowackos outside coke and pepsi plants?
1 posted on 10/19/2014 9:20:04 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

“First they came for the smokers, and I did not say anything because I was not a smoker...”


2 posted on 10/19/2014 9:22:39 AM PDT by Bettyprob
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California is so far behind. We’ve had the soda/sugar tax in Illinois since 2009.


3 posted on 10/19/2014 9:23:11 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Eccl 12 V.13)
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NY has had soda tax forever along with the deposit “tax”. All those juices that are not 100% are taxed. Candy is taxed. etc, etc etc...


4 posted on 10/19/2014 9:25:17 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Graybeard58

http://www.tax.ny.gov/pubs_and_bulls/tg_bulletins/st/listings_of_taxable_and_exempt_food.htm


5 posted on 10/19/2014 9:49:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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