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The devastation caused by this is real...real people, real families. The public health advocates supporting this should be held accountable for their role in this travesty.https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-soda-tax-and-consequences-11546647254 …
"...Mayor Jim Kenney said it would improve public health while funding universal pre-K. Two years in, the policy hasn’t delivered on that elite ideological goal. But the tax has come at the expense of working people and other vulnerable Philadelphians."
"Mr. Brown has shrunk his workforce by 200 by not filling jobs when they go empty, and the Haverford ShopRite closure will eliminate 111 more jobs through attrition."
It'd be nice if the rich, white males drinking their $200 bottle of scotch while supporting this tax could have just a little bit of empathy to those less fortunate.
Yup. The folks who support these kinds of policies love to show how virtuous they are. Of course they never pay the consequences of their silly ideas.
In the UK, the prospect of a sugar tax has resulted in big name brands reducing the amount of added sugars in products. Can’t read the full article here.
I read the full article (from the UK). It's one-sided emotive nonsense. More marketing than news. Apparently supermarkets are closing because of a few extra cents on sugary drinks, while retail conditions, biz practices & other costs otherwise remain unchanging. Absurd.
It's that the "few extra cents" (~ $1.40 on a 2 liter bottle that may have only been priced at $1.50 previously), have driven people to seek their SSBs outside city limits, and in the process, they've taken all (or a substantial portion) of their entire grocery shopping w/them.
Realize, as well, that this tax is applied to both SSBs *and* diet sodas (i.e., zero calories sodas using non-nutritive sweeteners).
Is it a sugar tax or a soda tax? Seems illogical to tax “diet” drinks. Also seems illogical that an entire state grocery system is taken down by people having to pay a few cent more for some soda.
If I recall properly, it's actually referred to as a "sweetened beverage tax". Also, it's in Philadelphia alone -- not throughout the entire state of Pennsylvania -- which means it's pretty easy for residents to avoid the tax by going outside city lines.
People usually pay for convenience though. 10c extra (?) vs the time it takes to travel further & the extra cost of travelling further (fuel or fares).
Sounds crazy to think a soda tax could bring down a grocery store. But the tax is fairly steep, and to the extent soda is used as a “loss leader,” combined with the thin margins of a grocery store & the ease of choosing a store outside city limits? I can see it.
The mayor ‘s comments though, wow. Everything from “eventually” allocating “more than 100%” for what it was intended, to being an expert on the grocery business. Almost Onion like, comical if it weren’t so tragic for many. Arrogance runs deep.
Devastation would be finding out your relatives are dead. This is sugar water with bubbles costing a dollar extra.
Devastation is losing the job that enables you to keep a roof over your head, you thick cunt.
If only @PhillyMayor cared enough to do something about this punishment with zero accountability.
Maybe they should spend the extra taxes on educating people on why drinking high sugar drinks is bad for you
Pretty sure everyone knows but some people don't care.
Or they can drive to another store outside city limits and pay less. How do you force people to shop where you want them?
Apparently that wasn't the case here though. If the state taxes it, those on the edges of the state will just cross state lines. Happens with beer and cigarettes all the time.
Soda doubled in price. Why pay double for soda when you can drive 5 minutes and save the money and buy the rest of your groceries while you're there?
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