Mikeoxenormous
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$26.33 instead of $15.99 a case? Costco shows Seattle customers just how much soda tax costs them
Reminds me of the CHIP program in Californication, where a cigarette tax was used to pay for the Child Healthcare Insurance program, and when the cost of cigarettes(do to taxes) go too high, many people just quit smoking, thus making the taxes go down, and those children cant be covered by CHIP anymore. Liberal compassion kills people...
Here is Costco's answer for this bullshit tax.The city recently enacted a tax of 1.75 cents an ounce on surgary beverages. The result: A case of Gatorade that used to cost $15.99 now costs $26.33 — a 65% markup.
And a case of Dr. Pepper now costs $17.55 instead of $9.99, according to Costco. That’s a 76% surcharge.
So when more people stop buying soda in the city of Seattle their tax revenues will go down and soon Seattle(shit city) will have to cut programs again hurting the poor, who buy soda's but are now priced out of it.Costco has adopted a novel way to show its objection to a new soda tax in Seattle: It’s telling customers just how much the tax will cost and encouraging them to buy soft drinks outside the city.
Reminds me of the CHIP program in Californication, where a cigarette tax was used to pay for the Child Healthcare Insurance program, and when the cost of cigarettes(do to taxes) go too high, many people just quit smoking, thus making the taxes go down, and those children cant be covered by CHIP anymore. Liberal compassion kills people...