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TexasTowelie

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3. Agreed.
Sun Jun 25, 2017, 06:39 AM
Jun 2017

When the taxing district is such a small geographic area then people simply take their purchasing elsewhere. And while they are picking up soda at the store they might decide to stock up on other items too, thus taking more sales receipts. The soda tax doesn't seem to be working in Philadelphia and it probably won't in Cook County either.

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Good idea but Freddie Jun 2017 #1
Unintended consequences no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #2
Agreed. TexasTowelie Jun 2017 #3
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