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Last week, PepsiCo blamed a 43 percent drop in business on the new tax and announced it would be laying off 80 to 100 area employees (out of 423) over the next few months. Similarly, Canada Dry gave pink slips, effective March 5, to 25 of its workers. Retailers are also feeling the pinch, with Jeff Brown, owner of Brown’s Super Stores, saying he expects to ax 300 employees at his company’s six Philadelphia ShopRite stores this spring.

Two weeks ago, we pointed out that when Philadelphia became the first US city to pass a soda tax last summer, city officials were eagerly looking forward to the surplus-tax funded windfall to plug gaping budget deficits (and, since this is Philadelphia, the occasional embezzlement scheme). Then, one month ago, after the tax went into effect on January 1st we showed the tax applied in practice: a receipt for a 10 pack of flavored water carried a 51% beverage tax. And since PA has a sales tax of 6% and Philly already charges another 2%, the total sales tax was 8%. In other words, a purchase which until last year came to $6.47 had overnight become $9.75.

93henfan wrote:

Last week, PepsiCo blamed a 43 percent drop in business on the new tax and announced it would be laying off 80 to 100 area employees (out of 423) over the next few months. Similarly, Canada Dry gave pink slips, effective March 5, to 25 of its workers. Retailers are also feeling the pinch, with Jeff Brown, owner of Brown’s Super Stores, saying he expects to ax 300 employees at his company’s six Philadelphia ShopRite stores this spring.

http://nypost.com/2017/03/05/phillys-so ... -business/

Two weeks ago, we pointed out that when Philadelphia became the first US city to pass a soda tax last summer, city officials were eagerly looking forward to the surplus-tax funded windfall to plug gaping budget deficits (and, since this is Philadelphia, the occasional embezzlement scheme). Then, one month ago, after the tax went into effect on January 1st we showed the tax applied in practice: a receipt for a 10 pack of flavored water carried a 51% beverage tax. And since PA has a sales tax of 6% and Philly already charges another 2%, the total sales tax was 8%. In other words, a purchase which until last year came to $6.47 had overnight become $9.75.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-0 ... s-soda-tax

Chizzang wrote:It's a poor and stupid tax...
Seriously the only people that drink carbonated sugar drinks are

1) Teenagers
2) The Under employed
3) Outright Poor
4) Stupid People



Those are statistical facts
(Kelley Ann Conway style facts)
BTW: Marijuana is taxed 50% in Washington State

Chizzang wrote:It's a poor and stupid tax...
Seriously the only people that drink carbonated sugar drinks are

1) Teenagers
2) The Under employed
3) Outright Poor
4) Stupid People



Those are statistical facts
(Kelley Ann Conway style facts)
BTW: Marijuana is taxed 50% in Washington State

Chizzang wrote:It's a poor and stupid tax...
Seriously the only people that drink carbonated sugar drinks are

1) Teenagers
2) The Under employed
3) Outright Poor
4) Stupid People



Those are statistical facts
(Kelley Ann Conway style facts)
BTW: Marijuana is taxed 50% in Washington State

89Hen wrote:

Chizzang wrote:It's a poor and stupid tax...
Seriously the only people that drink carbonated sugar drinks are

1) Teenagers
2) The Under employed
3) Outright Poor
4) Stupid People



Those are statistical facts
(Kelley Ann Conway style facts)
BTW: Marijuana is taxed 50% in Washington State

So you're OK with a 50% marijuana tax which taxes the exact same people you listed above?

89Hen wrote:

Chizzang wrote:It's a poor and stupid tax...
Seriously the only people that drink carbonated sugar drinks are

1) Teenagers
2) The Under employed
3) Outright Poor
4) Stupid People



Those are statistical facts
(Kelley Ann Conway style facts)
BTW: Marijuana is taxed 50% in Washington State

So you're OK with a 50% marijuana tax which taxes the exact same people you listed above?

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote: So you're OK with a 50% marijuana tax which taxes the exact same people you listed above?

No. Weed is less harmful than pop and I don't care for either tax.

89Hen wrote:

Chizzang wrote:It's a poor and stupid tax...
Seriously the only people that drink carbonated sugar drinks are

1) Teenagers
2) The Under employed
3) Outright Poor
4) Stupid People



Those are statistical facts
(Kelley Ann Conway style facts)
BTW: Marijuana is taxed 50% in Washington State

So you're OK with a 50% marijuana tax which taxes the exact same people you listed above?

kalm wrote:

89Hen wrote: So you're OK with a 50% marijuana tax which taxes the exact same people you listed above?

No. Weed is less harmful than pop and I don't care for either tax.

BDKJMU wrote:

kalm wrote:
No. Weed is less harmful than pop and I don't care for either tax.

Nice troll..

kalm wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:


Nice troll..

Sugar is a killer. Weed is not.

BDKJMU wrote:

kalm wrote:
Sugar is a killer. Weed is not.

You may as well go ahead and claim every food & drink that has sugar in it is a 'killer' and weed is not..

kalm wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:


Nice troll..

Sugar is a killer. Weed is not.

BDKJMU wrote:Have a group of people drink a 6 pack of soda a day for a year. Have another group smoke 6 joints a day for a year. Then compare the 2 to see which was more harmful..

Sugar, an additive to many kinds of food and drink, is difficult to avoid. The American Heart Association recommends that women get no more than 100 of their daily calories from added sugars, while for men the upper limit is 150 calories. However, for many people around the world, added sugars are contributing an additional 500 calories a day.

Sugary sodas can be so dangerous, doctors say that soda intake should be limited to less than one can of soda per day.

And what about marijuana? The drug is not without some health risks. Excessive use can lead to respiratory discomfort (although the drug itself does not impair lung function). Among people prone to the development of psychosis, research has shown that smoking pot can lead to an earlier onset of the disorder. And there’s understandable concern about adolescent marijuana use and its effects on the developing brain.

Still, in at least 10,000 years of human consumption, there have been no documented deaths as a result of marijuana overdose. It only takes 10 times the recommended serving of alcohol to lead to death, a recreational drug study from American Scientist found. By contrast, a marijuana smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times the amount of THC in a joint in order to be at risk of dying, according to a 1988 ruling from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

Meanwhile, a number of studies in recent years have demonstrated the medical potential of pot. Purified forms of cannabis can be effective at attacking some forms of aggressive cancer. Marijuana use has also been tied to better blood sugar control, and may help slow the spread of HIV. Legalization of the plant for medical purposes may even lead to lower suicide rates.

“Anyone who takes a truly objective look at the evidence surrounding these substances could not possibly arrive at any other conclusion,” Mason Tvert, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project, told The Huffington Post. “The public’s understanding of marijuana is more in line with the facts than ever before. Marijuana is not entirely harmless, but there is no longer any doubt that it poses far less harm to the consumer than many of the legal products engrained in American culture.”

BDKJMU wrote:Have a group of people drink a 6 pack of soda a day for a year. Have another group smoke 6 joints a day for a year. Then compare the 2 to see which was more harmful..

kalm wrote:

BDKJMU wrote:Have a group of people drink a 6 pack of soda a day for a year. Have another group smoke 6 joints a day for a year. Then compare the 2 to see which was more harmful..

How about 6 joints compared to a case of pop?

Skjellyfetti wrote:

kalm wrote:
How about 6 joints compared to a case of pop?

Yeah, seriously. 6 joints a day is pretty fucking heavy use.

BDKJMU wrote:Have a group of people drink a 6 pack of soda a day for a year. Have another group smoke 6 joints a day for a year. Then compare the 2 to see which was more harmful..