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2017-08-13 Government

Chicago Soda Tax A Bigger Hot Mess Than Predicted

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Posted by badanov 2017-08-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 They decided to save the people from themselves and simultaneously put a bunch of money in the city’s nearly empty coffers by imposing a sin tax on soda and other “sweetened beverages.”

The main purpose, of course, is to add a bunch of public employees to the payrolls.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-08-13 01:57|| 2017-08-13 01:57|| Front Page Top

#2 There no end to the creativity and the evil of politicians when devising things to tax. To date, "Global warming/climate change" and "Obamacare" were the ultimate scams. SCOTUS even abetted the O-Care scam.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-08-13 08:03|| 2017-08-13 08:03|| Front Page Top

#3 And then the food stamp program from the Dept of Agriculture tells Chicago that sodas have long been covered by food stamps, and receipients can buy them and your'e not allowed to charge taxes on food stamp purchases.
I'm totally serious here.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-08-13 09:37|| 2017-08-13 09:37|| Front Page Top

#4 When you see shit like this it's well past the time when we send Congresscritters to Washington to do nothing but repeal laws. State sales tax laws tax quite a few things in grocery stores, like (in Mass.) light bulbs, batteries, and many more non-food items. They also have meals taxes that apply to such things like the salads you make at the salad bar (since that's in a ready to eat state). I don't know where the USDA gets off telling states they can't tax simply because the currency used is in a different form, other than the usual officiousness of federal employee jackoffs.

Posted by Raj 2017-08-13 10:56|| 2017-08-13 10:56|| Front Page Top

#5 A canny old clerk of Nantasket
Once wove a statistical basket
Of all his "investments,"
But, buried in Red cents,
He tragically failed to unmask it.

Gawd, that's crap. Placeholder?

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-08-13 19:11|| 2017-08-13 19:11|| Front Page Top

#6 If my daughter went out to the corner to sell lemonade, I am curious how many laws would be broken.

Selling a sugared beverage
Operating without a business license
Non-union stand assembly
Failure to pay signage fee
Failure to display nutrient label
Not handicap accessible

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-08-13 19:25|| 2017-08-13 19:25|| Front Page Top

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