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2 cents per ounce on sugarey drinks; in Philadelphia
Topic Started: Mar 4 2010, 01:31 PM (241 Views)
retiredLEO
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I couldn't believe this tax, we can buy a 64oz bottle of Coke, 7up, etc for a dollar, but the tax will be more then the cost of the soda at $1.35.

Nutter proposes 2-cent-per-ounce sweet-drink tax
By Jeff Shields

Inquirer Staff Writer

Mayor Nutter wants to treat the city's weight and wallet problems in his 2010-11 budget with the same remedy: the nation's highest tax on all sweetened beverages including soda, energy drinks, ice tea, even chocolate milk.

Nutter's plan would put Philadelphia at the front of the movement to tax sweet drinks, an effort that the beverage industry already opposes and that could encounter resistance in City Council.

The tax rate would be 2 cents per ounce, 40 cents on a 20-ounce bottle of soda. The levy would cover fountain-drink syrups and powders, based on the number of liquid ounces they produce. Diet drinks without added sugar and baby formula would be excluded.
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http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20100304_Nutter_proposes_2-cent-per-ounce_sweet-drink_tax.html
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LTC8K6
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Sell the fountain drink syrup and powder without the sugar. The restaurant owner can add their own sugar.

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So, will they tax you at the table if one purchases unsweetened tea and then one sugars it on one's own?
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The result of people with too much time on their hands. They do sit around thinking endlessly what they can do next to steal more of our money.
BYO beverages when visiting Philly, and do your shopping in the suburbs - and avoid the outrageous taxes on top of the standard 6%.
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Like bootleg booze back in prohibition days there will be a large underground sugar soda business, cash only please.
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genny6348
Mar 4 2010, 09:03 PM
The result of people with too much time on their hands. They do sit around thinking endlessly what they can do next to steal more of our money.
BYO beverages when visiting Philly, and do your shopping in the suburbs - and avoid the outrageous taxes on top of the standard 6%.
They will just make it a $100 fine for getting caught with a beverage without a tax stamp...
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