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Chicago's soda tax fizzled after 2 months. What does it mean for the anti-soda movement?
Chicago Daily Herald ^ | October 11, 2017

Posted on 10/11/2017 6:18:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Less than two months after the country's largest soda tax went into effect, embattled lawmakers in Cook County are already poised to repeal it.

The tax has been plagued, in its very short life, by legal challenges, implementation glitches and a screeching, multimillion-dollar media battle between the soda industry and public health groups. On Tuesday, in recognition of growing public pressure, Cook County's Board of Commissioners is expected to vote to roll back the tax, effective as soon as Dec. 1.

Several Cook County commissioners who switched their votes in favor of repeal have cited outrage.

"I listened to the community, the residents I represent, and there's been a strong outcry," Commissioner John Daley told the Chicago Tribune. "It's a lot of taxes they've been hit with. It's every economic group

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: nannystate

1 posted on 10/11/2017 6:18:20 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I was suprized to see the American Heart Association was a big supporter of this tax. They carried signs into the appeal hearing yesterday.


2 posted on 10/11/2017 6:23:19 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It means the only way you’re getting my 64 ounce soda is out of my cold dead hands.

I will go to hell the way I want.

Not that I think drinking soda will end me to hell :)

It’s just a way of saying don’t tell me how to live my life govt.


3 posted on 10/11/2017 6:25:14 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump isouokt of office, it is WAR!)
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To: jaydubya2

Gov always mucks up whatever it does. It should stick to minting currency and keeping terrorists and criminals out of this country.


4 posted on 10/11/2017 6:37:22 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a violent political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is great news as it shows the liberal solution to everything. If the conservative doesn’t believe in large drinks, they don’t buy them. The liberal wants to outlaw them. If the conservative doesn’t like a TV program, they change the channel. The liberal wants to ban the program. If a poor person wants more of the economic pie, the conservative grows the size of the pie—a rising tide lifts all boats. The liberal wants to take the pie from those who earned it and give it to those who haven’t.

And to those Hollywood BS types who say taxes aren’t high enough, until I see you take out your checkbook and write a multi-million dollar check to the IRS, sit down and STFU. The rest of us who pay for your Liberal largess are struggling out here. Free cell phones for deadbeats. Really? That’s the best you got in Washington?


5 posted on 10/11/2017 6:42:34 AM PDT by econjack
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To: I want the USA back; jaydubya2

6 posted on 10/11/2017 6:46:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cook County = City of Chicago. Weasels trying to put lipstick on a pig.


7 posted on 10/11/2017 6:51:25 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
They next need a state or national tax so it is not so easily evaded and strict enforcement of soda tax stamps like cigarette taxes. < too close to what the authoritarians want to be sarcasm >
8 posted on 10/11/2017 6:57:17 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The Whig Party died when it fled the great fight of its century. Ditto for the Republicans now.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Reading between the lines says tax revenue on soda fell...

Opps...


9 posted on 10/11/2017 7:16:08 AM PDT by Popman
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To: jaydubya2
I was suprized to see the American Heart Association was a big supporter of this tax. They carried signs into the appeal hearing yesterday.

My Cardiologist,who just recently retired after a 50 year career on the faculty of Harvard Medical School,once told be that he read in one of his professional journals that a huge percentage of the typical American's daily calorie intake was due to sodas and soft drinks.IIRC he said it was 40%...but it was some time ago so I could be wrong.

However,a special tax is a stupid idea if if what he read is accurate.Self control is the key...not laws.

10 posted on 10/11/2017 7:22:51 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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I quit drinking this stuff almost six years ago. I feel it was the correct decision for my health. But I really resent a Nanny Government that would tell me I HAD to do it.


11 posted on 10/11/2017 7:47:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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This is the same way people solve tax inequalities. Dems never think of things like that. They think a tax will make people stay away from the beverage. NO, people stay away from stores in the county.

12 posted on 10/11/2017 7:49:26 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: NFL, NBA, BLM, CAIR, Hollywood, Antifa, SPLC, CNN, ESPN, NPR, TWITTER, FACEBOOK)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

DemoRat pols knew full well the outcome of this soda tax based on history of it tried elsewhere but facts be damned when it comes to them. They push the envelope beyond wisdom and reason because they can and results be damned until it bites them in the butt. They never learn— morons.


13 posted on 10/11/2017 8:39:54 AM PDT by tflabo
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