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Boulder passes nations steepest sugary beverage tax - Agree or disagree?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:30 pm
Recently went into effect on July 1st
The distributors are the ones taxed, but the price increase carries over to consumers. Would it slow you down at all?
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The revenue raised is earmarked to be spent on community health programs geared toward low-income populations that see a disparate effect of chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
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To Burness, who reports on the health-conscious, highly-educated, high-income community of 105,000 people, the measure’s passage was not a surprise. “If you are trying to start a movement to regulate or tax sugar, Boulder is about as good a place as any on Earth to start,” he says.
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A study of Berkeley’s tax showed a 20 percent drop in consumption of sugary drinks after the city’s tax started. It’s unclear how Boulder’s tax will impact behavior.The Daily Camera’s Alex Burness says they’re still in an experimental phase.
The distributors are the ones taxed, but the price increase carries over to consumers. Would it slow you down at all?
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Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:32 pm to HippieTiger
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The distributors are the ones taxed, but the price increase carries over to consumers.
then the government will accuse the merchants of "gouging" the customers
also, time to invest in a quick mart concentrating on sugary drinks juuuuuuuuust outside the city limits of Boulder
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:32 pm to HippieTiger
Using a tax to artificially raise market prices and manipulate consumer habits should be illegal.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:32 pm to HippieTiger
I'd buy outside of Boulder and bring that shite back in bulk.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:32 pm to HippieTiger
Let them smoke dope but tax their Mountain Dew? That's harsh
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:32 pm to HippieTiger
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disagree
all "sin-taxes" are ridiculous and should not exist
Will their fancy arse mocha sugary used to resemble coffee beverages be taxed? Doubt it
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:32 pm to HippieTiger
Agree and the money should go into the healthcare system for all the fat fricks that can't control themselves.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:33 pm to HippieTiger
On average, how many people of color do you run into on a given week in Boulder? Not tourist. People who live there.
Just wondering.
Just wondering.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:33 pm to HippieTiger
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The revenue raised is earmarked to be spent on community health programs geared toward low-income populations that see a disparate effect of chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
We'll see how long that lasts.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:34 pm to HippieTiger
So I guess the "it's my body" argument made by progs only applies to abortions?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:34 pm to HippieTiger
fricking communists.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:34 pm to BigPerm30
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Agree and the money should go into the healthcare system for all the fat fricks that can't control themselves
my man
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:35 pm to HippieTiger
I don't even drink the stuff but I'm not in favor of any big government nanny state policy
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:35 pm to beerJeep
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On average, how many people of color do you run into on a given week in Boulder? Not tourist. People who live there.
Maybe one every few months within the city limits
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:36 pm to HippieTiger
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Maybe one every few months within the city limits
Jesus fricking Christ.
Yall hiring?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:36 pm to BigPerm30
quote:What if I told you fat fricks cost the system less money?
Agree and the money should go into the healthcare system for all the fat fricks that can't control themselves.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:39 pm to jdeval1
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I don't even drink the stuff but I'm not in favor of any big government nanny state policy
The people got to vote like we do on almost everything here.
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In the end, voters chose to tax their own sugary drinks by two cents per fluid ounce, 54 percent voting in favor, 46 percent opposed.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:39 pm to BigPerm30
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Agree and the money should go into the healthcare system for all the fat fricks that can't control themselves.
So what about alcohol? It's unhealthy and makes people fat. Are you good with raising prices more in order to attempt to reduce overall consumption?
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 12:42 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:40 pm to SlapahoeTribe
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What if I told you fat fricks cost the system less money?
Probably some study funded by the food industry.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:40 pm to beerJeep
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Yall hiring?
Tons of jobs around here. Come join the dark (and by that i really mean extremely white) side
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