The Philadelphia soda tax, which would have slapped a two cent per ounce tax on soda, juice and other sugary drinks, appears to be dead.
Needless to say, this is tremendous news as the soda tax as proposed would have almost certainly ended free refills in the city of brotherly love. It is time to drink a Super Big Gulp [...]
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Victory!
How would a soda tax affect Big Gulps?
7-Eleven’s Big Gulps and Super Big Gulps are one of the great things about America. And judging by the number of hits this site gets from people searching for information about them, they are something that Americans—or the small subset of Americans who wind up visiting this blog—really care about.
Of course the great thing about [...]
The Philadelphia soda tax will mean the end of Free Refills
Philadelphia is on the verge of passing a sweeping soda tax that could herald the end of restaurants offering free refills for Philadelphians.
It’s a dark day indeed for the City of Brotherly love.
So far, most of the media coverage of the proposal focuses on the two cents per-ounce tax it would impose on bottled and [...]
What does a soda tax look like?
The folks over at SavePhillyJobs.com have posted a PDF of Philadelphia’s proposed soda tax law. You can check out the official document here, but I’ve copied the important sections below.
(1) Sugar-sweetened beverage. Any non-alcoholic beverage which lists any form of sugar, including high fructose corn syrup, as a listed ingredient; or which is prepared at [...]
Soda companies show a united front [ads]
At my high school, the senior class was given the Coke machine as a fundraising tool. Seniors were responsible for paying the Coke supplier and keeping the machine stocked. As compensation, they got to keep all of the profits for the class.
Needless to say it was a gold mine–even at a small school with only [...]
Vive Le Free Refills! [soda tax]
This is what I like to see: people standing up against the free refills-ending soda tax in Philadelphia. You can keep informed about the campaign to stop the soda tax by following savephillyjobs on twitter or by visiting their website.
It’s been defeated at the national level.
It’s been defeated in New York State.
Now it is time [...]
The Tanning Salon Tax [aka the Boehner tax]
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, [...]
Now they want a “Pizza Tax”
First it was soda taxes. Then it was salt bans. Now the food police want to tax our pizza.
Consumerist has the story:
While the current Soda Tax trend looks doomed to fail in New York state and Philadelphia, researchers are already making a suggestion for the target of the next sin tax — pizza.
A team of doctors [...]
New York soda tax dead… for now [soda tax]
You can stop stockpiling Coke— at least for the time being.
The AP reports that Governor Patterson’s soda tax appears to be a non starter in the Senate.
A proposed new tax on sugary drinks appears unlikely to pass the state Senate, despite passionate campaigning by New York Gov. David Paterson and his health commissioner.
Supporters have pushed [...]
A soda tax will hit your frappuccino too [soda tax]
New York isn’t the only place where politicians are pushing for a soda tax. Cash-strapped legislatures around the country are increasingly looking to soda taxes as a politically palatable way to raise funds under the guise of public health initiative.
Of course such a tax would hurt the poor most of all. But just because you [...]
