Philly SHOCKED that new large soda tax is hurting consumers

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1.5 cents per ounce making the tax 24 times higher than the tax on beer.  Weird that the distributors aren't just eating this like the city council  thought.  Who'd a thunk it?

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Will this cause an underground Coca Cola trade like Bill de Blasio made with cigarettes in NYC? Constant government regulation never works as a deterrent.

"Pssst mate ... You holding any coke?"

"Yeah how many grams"

"Grams? You mean cans right?"

"...Err"

Then the local politicians can send the men in blue to hassle 'em for selling liquid caffeine.  Because we need more bad laws that put poor people and cops up each other's ass  Laws against selling loose cigs and raising taxes an extreme amount on a consumable most people consume are horrible for poor people, but Dems keep shoving them down our throats.  Over regulation of occupations, stupid housing laws...if only the poor people voting for them would wise up.  Sadly they've been told there are only two options and the other option is racist and hates you....even more sad, they're often right.  (at least on the last bit, the two options thing is complete bull sh**t)

[dead0man]

Will this cause an underground Coca Cola trade like Bill de Blasio made with cigarettes in NYC? Constant government regulation never works as a deterrent.

"Pssst mate ... You holding any coke?"

"Yeah how many grams"

"Grams? You mean cans right?"

"...Err"

Then the local politicians can send the men in blue to hassle 'em for selling liquid caffeine.  Because we need more bad laws that put poor people and cops up each other's ass   Laws against selling loose cigs and raising taxes an extreme amount on a consumable most people consume are horrible for poor people, but Dems keep shoving them down our throats.  Over regulation of occupations, stupid housing laws...if only the poor people voting for them would wise up.  Sadly they've been told there are only two options and the other option is racist and hates you....even more sad, they're often right.  (at least on the last bit, the two options thing is complete bull sh**t)

I was just making a joke

I wasn't.  Local Dem politicians are dicks to the poor people that vote for them.  Doing everything they can to keep them poor and thinking that the Dems are the only ones that can help them.  It's done amazingly horrible things to a number of large cities in this country.

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I always love when my fellow lefties endorse social experimentation that primarily affects the poor.

Reminds me of the good old days in the 20s when eugenics was "progressive."


EDIT: ninja'd by RINO Tom of all people. Strange bedfellows, I suppose.

progressives loves regressive taxes