The City Council is expected to give final approval Thursday to a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet beverages.
Berkeley, California, is the only other city with such a tax. Other proposals have been defeated in more than 30 cities and states.
Two previous efforts to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia also failed.
But Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney sold the council on the idea with a plan to spend most of the estimated $90 million in new tax revenues next year to pay for pre-kindergarten, community schools and recreation centers.
The soda industry is expected to sue if the tax is approved.
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6 comments:
Government tyranny gone wild.
why not tax air, water, and just being alive
Pull all the soda out of Philly for a couple of months. Watch how fast this BS TAX will be gone!!!
7:48 - Don't give them any ideas. They are probably talking about doing this next.
Let me try to get my head around this new tax. So, promoting the sale and consumption of sugary soda beverages will now benefit pre-k, community schools and recreation centers. This will entice the schools and community centers to get the parents of pre-k students to buy more sugary soda drinks.
Got it.
Thanks.
This is good. The freeloaders will start to pay a tax, even though it is a very small one. But, I think we will see a surge in shoplifting because some feel they are entitled.
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