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January 3, 2017
IGNORANT MASSES SHOCKED BY PHILLY BEVERAGE TAX IMPACT
The tax, which went into effect on Sunday, is the first one of its kind in a major city in the United States. While the tax is technically 1.5 cents per ounce, which doesn’t sound too terrible, when buying a 10-pack of 20 oz bottles those numbers climb pretty quickly. In this case, a 10-pack of Propel flavored water that originally retailed for $5.99 had an additional three dollars tacked on to it in taxes. Chuck Andrews picked up a $1.77 gallon jug of tea, got home and looked at his receipt. “When I read the receipt I’m like, ‘Wait a minute. I paid more in tax than I did for the product,'” Andrews said. The tax on the $1.77 gallon of tea was $1.92 cents. == – The Burning Platform
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Time for another Boston-style tea party.
Posted by: Jewel at January 3, 2017 12:04 PM
Let me get this straight. This silly tax is supposed to be on sugar-added beverages, right? But the item shown on the receipt, "Propel" berry-flavored water, is a zero-calorie sports drink. If it has no calories it has no sugar. I wonder if they are taxing plain bottled water too?
Posted by: Susan at January 3, 2017 2:05 PM
The shocked masses voted for the pols who imposed these taxes. Then they preened and postured and told us heathens how much smarter they were than the rest of us. Because Philly.
Posted by: J Cass at January 3, 2017 3:54 PM
http://www.propelwater.com/products
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 12 fl oz (355 mL)
Servings Per Container 2
Amount Per Serving
Calories 0
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Sodium 160mg 7%
Potassium 40mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 0g 0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 0g
% DV
Vitamin C30%
Vitamin E15%
Niacin35%
Vitamin B635%
Pantothenic Acid35%
Not a significant source of calories from fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, dietary fiber, vitamin A, calcium, and iron.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
WATER, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), POTASSIUM CITRATE, SODIUM CITRATE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), VITAMIN E ACETATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6)
Last updated on December 23, 2016.
Posted by: ghostsniper at January 3, 2017 6:48 PM
Massachusetts added a tax to all alcoholic beverages (years ago), it lasted about a year until overturned by a state ballot referendum. But for that year I drove to NH and purchased all my booze, that was about five trips (45min ea. way). And I bought a lot of other items in sales tax free NH at the same time.
To the best of my knowledge, the State of Mass refused to release the figures on the state sales tax collection for that period.
Posted by: John The River at January 3, 2017 8:30 PM
Cass has it right. The morons voted in these folks, so now they can live with it.
"Because Philly" funny as hell!
Posted by: Snakepit Kansas at January 4, 2017 4:29 AM
Why stop at soda, Philly? Put the same tax on all the junk food. 1.5 cents per ounce. We'll just sit back and watch the fun here in Lancaster.
Posted by: Jewel at January 4, 2017 11:30 AM
You are talking about true idiots. VT businesses in towns bordering NH have a tough time surviving with the sales tax (I think it is 7.5% now but I've been out of VT since 2009) so they asked the Legislature to help them.
The answer was a suggestion to remove the sales tax from those towns along the CT River (NH border).
Someone back in the interior mentioned that all their business would now go to the VT river towns.
No one in the Progressive puddle of lawmakers considered that people would simply drive to the next town to save on the tax.
The reasoning went: You should be willing to pay extra to help the state and local government. After all it isn't much to ask of you.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at January 4, 2017 11:56 AM
Susan: You are correct. When this ridiculously stupid policy was signed off some time back, it was noted in articles I read online that "artificially sweetened" beverages would, in fact, be taxable.
I truly enjoy life in Flyover Country. In our state we don't elect morons. Not yet, anyway.
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