Alcohol is a sugary drink.
Or shouldn’t I give them any ideas?
IF there was no change in human behavior due to the imposition of the tax.
The mayor and company are suffering from a severe case of recto-cranial inversion.
It would really raise $400 million?? Really??
In the real world, tax increases tend to fall short of the projected revenue because the addition of the tax changes peoples behavior and spending patterns. I would expect the same here. 3 cents per ounce times 16 ounces in a drink adds up, and people will undoubtedly drink less of these sugary drinks.
The suburbs and NJ are literally five miles in any direction from any point in Philly
1. push the measure through
2. allocate the 'projected' monies
3. cry the blues when there's a shortfall
4. make up the difference by raising taxes somewhere else
3x12 is 36 cents per can of soda. On sale they are 25 cents now.
Are diet sodas exempt? No sugar?
Artificial sweetener is worse than sugar.
Kenney’s several cards short of a full deck.
Kenney’s an idiot - the same dud who, after a perp recently shot a policeman announcing it was done “in the name of ISIS”, claimed at a presser that “no one in this room believes this has anything to do with Islam” - but he did run as a Democrat, and that’s all one needs to be elected in Philadelphia.....