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Pennsylvania

BlueTsunami2018

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1. The way people here complain about it, you'd think it was the end of the world.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:49 AM

Feb 2020

I know people who will spend more money in gas to go buy soda outside the city than the tax would cost them if they just went to the local supermarket. They absolutely hate it and the mayor and especially the D.A.. I’m talking apoplectic rage.

It’s kind of funny.

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Philly's soda tax didn't lead to people drinking less soda, study says [View all] TexasTowelie Feb 2020 OP

The way people here complain about it, you'd think it was the end of the world. BlueTsunami2018 Feb 2020 #1

Major supermarket closed Freddie Feb 2020 #4

People hate being lied to ... PBC_Democrat Feb 2020 #2

Soda really is pretty bad for you. It was worth a try. Squinch Feb 2020 #3

It's a "sin tax" Freddie Feb 2020 #5

The tax should be on the soda manufacturers and distributors FakeNoose Feb 2020 #6

The Philly soda tax Freddie Feb 2020 #8

When Obama doubled the cost of cigarettes it didn't change my smoking habit. So now the abqtommy Feb 2020 #7