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General Category => Economy/Business => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 16, 2018, 03:25:31 pm
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Soda Tax Sticker Shock Grips Seattle
By Jeff Reynolds January 15, 2018
The sign at Costco explaining the jacked-up price of a case of Gatorade has gone viral.
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Don't like Seattle's sugary drink tax? Costco invites you to shop outside the city http://kng5.tv/2CASyDq (http://kng5.tv/2CASyDq)
12:00 AM - Jan 6, 2018
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On January 1, Seattle had several new progressive laws go into effect. Along with mandatory paid sick leave, mandates for employers to post work schedules 14 days in advance, and severe restrictions on short-term rental platforms (Airbnb, VRBO, etc.), Seattle imposed a massive new soda tax — 1.75 cents per OUNCE on sugary drinks.
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If you live in Seattle you probably applaud this tax.
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Hope the stores just outside the city limits stocked up with extra; they’ll have a lot of new business now.
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If you live in Seattle you probably applaud this tax.
If you live in seattle you probably are a liberal bedwetting snowflake who drinks starbucks poser juice and Raw Water.
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Pretty soon "the sugar police" will start checking cars inbound at the city limits...
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I don't think I even agree with a lot of the policies out of the Northwest;
But I do know it's a cycling mecca, so if one likes biking, randoneuring, you might like that aspect. Especially Seattle:
http://thehudsonvalleyrandonneur.blogspot.com/2017/09/seattle-in-september-my-trip-to-mecca.html (http://thehudsonvalleyrandonneur.blogspot.com/2017/09/seattle-in-september-my-trip-to-mecca.html)
And for people selling and buying bikes, check out Seattle's craiglist some time.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/search/bik (https://seattle.craigslist.org/search/bik) Of course, SF is good in this department as well. Maybe cyclists are the flaky ones. :silly:
And the cyclofiend website: http://www.cyclofiend.com/index.html (http://www.cyclofiend.com/index.html)
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Pretty soon "the sugar police" will start checking cars inbound at the city limits...
Sheriff Buford T. Justice is just the man we need.
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Hope the stores just outside the city limits stocked up with extra; they’ll have a lot of new business now.
There are photos online of signs telling customers the location of other store branches outside the city.
E.g.,
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
Basically.
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If they drive out of the city to purchase their sodas, how many will also purchase their groceries on the same trip?
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If they drive out of the city to purchase their sodas, how many will also purchase their groceries on the same trip?
Yep. Seattle is a perfect example where virtue signaling public health concerns is pointless. And to use government, the tax code, in such a heavy handed way is abusive of it’s citizens. Who do they think they are at the city council?
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Pretty soon "the sugar police" will start checking cars inbound at the city limits...
FYI everybody, you can have all the CokaCola or Gatorade you could ever drink delivered to your door. Some offer same day service. Walmart, Amazon, Target, etc...
You pay the national price instead of the 'local city counsel price'. So, there are easy ways around the sugar tax.
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FYI everybody, you can have all the CokaCola or Gatorade you could ever drink delivered to your door. Some offer same day service. Walmart, Amazon, Target, etc...
You pay the national price instead of the 'local city counsel price'. So, there are easy ways around the sugar tax.
Either way, you avoid the abusive Seattle taxes......
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Suppressed wrote above:
"There are photos online of signs telling customers the location of other store branches outside the city."
Those signs ain't gonna be around long.
Next thing you know, city officials will go to the places displaying them, and threaten that if they're not taken down the store owners will be charged with "promoting tax evasion"...
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That shit will rot your teeth out anyway.