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re: Boulder passes nations steepest sugary beverage tax - Agree or disagree?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:40 pm to HippieTiger
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:40 pm to HippieTiger
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beverage tax
Disagree almost no matter what.
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Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:41 pm to HippieTiger
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two cents per fluid ounce
So a 44oz coke just got 88 cents more expensive? That's a 100% price increase on a thirst buster
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:41 pm to mylsuhat
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Will their fancy arse mocha sugary used to resemble coffee beverages be taxed? Doubt it
I looked it up and surprisingly it is taxed but alcoholic beverages aren't. Found my loophole.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:42 pm to HippieTiger
I see bootlegging in Boulder's future .... and I will love it.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:42 pm to jdeval1
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what about alcohol?
That's a great idea. Oh wait...they already do that.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:42 pm to HippieTiger
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Tons of jobs around here. Come join the dark (and by that i really mean extremely white) side
I really have been looking. More for the weed and a change of scenery. I'm at a point in my life where I could pick up and move anywhere tomorrow morning. Just gotta find a job out of state
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:43 pm to HippieTiger
As long as people can't buy them with food stamps, I'm good with people buying sugary drinks at the lowest price available. Personal responsibilities should cover not drinking too many of them. Someone will inevitably bring up the fact that fit people will pay for the healthcare of fat people, and my response is that is a problem with our healthcare system, not sugary drink consumption
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:44 pm to BigPerm30
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Probably some study funded by the food industry.
Nah. It shouldn't be a big surprise that it's cheaper to drop dead of heart failure at 50 than it is to pay for medical care until 90.
This post was edited on 8/1/17 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:44 pm to HippieTiger
What about refills?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:46 pm to HippieTiger
but dey got da weed man !
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:48 pm to HippieTiger
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“This is really a tax on the distribution of beverages, not a retail sales tax,” Harkins says. “And so we have to find out who all these distributors are; they’re not folks we’ve taxed before.”
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:48 pm to HippieTiger
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“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.
is this something to be proud of?
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:49 pm to Upperdecker
quote:You can buy soft drinks with food stamps.
As long as people can't buy them with food stamps, I'm good with people buying sugary drinks at the lowest price available.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:49 pm to HippieTiger
Terrible idea. Do gooders who never took an Econ class
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:50 pm to teke184
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I'd buy outside of Boulder and bring that shite back in bulk.
Exactly what will occur
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:51 pm to SlapahoeTribe
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What if I told you fat fricks cost the system less money?
okPosted on 8/1/17 at 12:52 pm to BigPerm30
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That's a great idea. Oh wait...they already do that.
Why not put a big arse tax on everything that's unhealthy then? Fast food, fried chicken, booze, potato chips, pizza, burgers. We should tax people for the number of hours of TV that they watch.
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:55 pm to Dire Wolf
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“This is really a tax on the distribution of beverages, not a retail sales tax,” Harkins says.
It's sad that so many don't understand the stupidity of this statement.
"Don't worry. The cost of your coke isn't going to go up. Just the cost to those providing the coke to you."
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:57 pm to HippieTiger
Get out of here hippy
Posted on 8/1/17 at 12:58 pm to Alt26
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It's sad that so many don't understand the stupidity of this statement.
True believers are socially awkward bubble dwellers. Apparently Boulder is full of them.
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