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Freddie

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5. It's a "sin tax"

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:48 AM

Feb 2020

Like taxes on liquor and cigarettes. You don’t need to drink, smoke or drink soda to exist. Personally I think that’s a lot more fair than a tax on groceries like some states do.

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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