"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
PepsiCo Halting Sales of Six-Packs & Two-Liter Bottles in Philadelphia, Citing City’s New Soda Tax
"All of this is bad news for Philly politicians because the sugary tax is about more than just disciplining locals for enjoying a carbonated beverage: It’s also a way to raise revenue for the city’s universal pre-K program. The tax was forecasted to bring in $91 million per year, but declining soda sales in Philly have actually caused overall tax receipts in Philadelphia to plummet." Go figger?
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At $0.015 per fluid ounce that adds over $1 to the price of any two-liter bottle subject to Philly's soda tax. People aren't gonna stop drinking soda, they'll just buy as much as they can outside the city like NYC people do with cigarettes. And if this tax starts going higher to make up for unexpected shortfalls in collections, organized smuggling operations will spring up. How about a lying politician tax? For every provable falsehood a Philly pol gets caught in, 1.5 percent of his/her pay is withheld and returned to the treasury? Seems fair to me.