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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 28 May 2016

    Cities proposing taxes on sugary soft drinkshttp://usat.ly/1TPvaHh 

    8:40 PM - 28 May 2016
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      1. Dena Leichnitz‏ @ABCDOnline 28 May 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        How about cities mind their own frickin' business!? How about we tax you for being idiots?!

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      1. Matthew Bowerman‏ @mbowerman71 29 May 2016
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        ah yes ..the sin tax. Next they will add a tax on books with spacific subject matter, or perhaps candy, or cheeseburgers.

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      2. Bravodicus‏ @Bravodicus1 28 May 2016
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        Stuff your tax where the sun don't shine. I don't drink this stuff but taxing it? Libtards. Just outlaw it if it kills people.

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      3. Henry Jones‏ @htjones81 28 May 2016
        Replying to @Bravodicus1 @USATODAY

        when all else fails, blame the left, right?

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      4. Bravodicus‏ @Bravodicus1 29 May 2016
        Replying to @htjones81 @USATODAY

        San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley? I'd say that's left.

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      1. wkw‏ @Concernedgolfer 29 May 2016
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        Must be another Dem/leftwing endeavor. Get the Govt out of our daily living

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      1. masterspy‏ @trollavenue77 28 May 2016
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        how about making healthy alternatives more affordable before taxing this stuff?

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      1. Maddow Knows All‏ @SarcasmCityUSA 28 May 2016
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        sugar is more dangerous than cannabis

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      1. Catloverplayer 🍁 🎃 🐱  🍁 🍁 👻‏ @catloverplayer 28 May 2016
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        If people quit buying them soda makers will lose jobs.

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      1. Catloverplayer 🍁 🎃 🐱  🍁 🍁 👻‏ @catloverplayer 28 May 2016
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        It's not only greed but it's discriminating against overweight people. This is America. We have the right to drink or eat wt we wt

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      1. Catloverplayer 🍁 🎃 🐱  🍁 🍁 👻‏ @catloverplayer 28 May 2016
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        Sigh that isn't going to stop me from buying them. Just another way to tax the heck out of americans.

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      2. Debby Fricano‏ @tootsie6 28 May 2016
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        @ladyinred98 Pretty soon recycle fee and soda tax will evaluate gas taxes!

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      3. Kristin Elizabeth‏ @ladyinred98 28 May 2016
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        Maybe they're hoping to deter ppl from buying them but I don't think that will stop some ppl

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