I don’t like soda taxes.
I don’t like pizza taxes.
And I’d certainly appreciate if they lowered liquor taxes.
Like most Americans, I have a principled opposition to taxes: I don’t like any tax that applies to me. But if it is a tax that you pay and I don’t, well then, I’m all for it. After all, [...]
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The Tanning Salon Tax [aka the Boehner tax]
European-style soda taxes make inroads
Maybe the reason they don’t have free refills in Europe is because of the punitive taxes many European governments levy on refreshing soft drinks. If that is the case, then we have reason to be worried.
A recent article on Slate.com argued that although proposals to tax coke seem to have stalled at the national level, [...]
Is a “Coke Tax” a threat to Free Refills?
A story in this today’s New York Times confirms what we have all feared for a while now: efforts to tax coke are moving forward in Congress.
Apparently the self-righteous tofu-types who are behind this proposal are pushing for a one cent per ounce tax on soft drinks and some juices.
John Sicher from Beverage Digest [...]
MINUTEMEN UPDATE: Senate considering Coke tax
The United States Senate is considering a federal tax on pop and other sugary beverages, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The 3 cent tax on every 12 oz serving of pop would pump an estimated $24 billion into federal coffers over the next four years. Senate leaders are considering the lifestyle tax as a way to [...]
