The Philly Soda Tax Scam
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2018
- Want a soda? It costs a lot more in Philadelphia thanks to a new tax on artificially-sweetened beverages.
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A 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola that once cost $2 now goes for $3. Politicians and activists applauded when the bill was signed. They said the tax was needed to fund early childhood education.
But John Stossel points out that the tax has unintended consequences. It harms local businesses.
"It's a bad tax," Melvin Robinson, owner of Bruno's Pizza, told Stossel. His store is on the outer edge of Philadelphia, so his customers just cross the street to avoid paying the tax.
Philadelphia City Councilman William Greenlee defended the tax, saying "we're raising enough money to put 2,700 kids in Pre-K and to open 11 community schools."
The pizza parlor's customers didn't think their taxes were being well spent. "Preschool? I doubt that very much," one man told Stossel. "The Mayor says he is helping people," Stossel replied. "He ain't helping me. He is tearing me up," the customer answered.
Another unintended consequence is that soda sales are down in Philadelphia, but liquor sales are up. When Stossel mentioned that to Greenlee he replied. "I don't know about that," laughing, "cause we have a liquor tax, too!"
Philadelphians already pay 44 taxes: including state income tax, sales tax, cigarette and alcohol taxes. "You should be rolling in money," Stossel told Councilman Greenlee. "But there's a lot to do out there, John," he responded. Yet a lot of the money goes to non-essential projects. The Office of Arts and Culture receives $4 million, to fund things like "Hip Hop Fundamentals."
"They're funding the arts," Stossel told Melvin, the pizza store owner. "What arts? People trying to live!" he replied.
Melvin has just one request for the politicians: "Stop stealing. That would be nice." Stossel doesn't think the politicians are stealing, but they do pay themselves three times Philadelphia's median wage, and pass bad laws like the soda tax.
"Even Bernie Sanders opposes this tax."
Damn! That says a lot.
yes and no. Bernie is not your standard liberal. He actually has some common sense, the wildly off and crazy and a lot of other parts he's actually fairly practical as well. He's not a liberal politician that just toes the line. Which of course is why he did not get the 2016 nom, nor will he get the 20 20
@@richardthenryvideos you're right, he's not a liberal. He's a socialist. That's just as bad. I doubt he's got the common sense that you think he's got tough.
it does doesn't
@Carol Howard We do have quite high taxes in Sweden but it's not 65% in income tax (around 32%). The more substantial difference is in alcohol, gasoline and tobacco products comparably to the US.
6.18USD per gallon of 98 octane gasoline here
52.6USD per litre of ethanol
5.36USD per ounce of smoking tobacco.
I think it's fair to represent things accurately instead of spreading rumors.
@CJ DUNROVIN no... I live in Sweden and we do not pay 65%... The max you can pay in taxes is 50% which is called government tax and you need to earn minimum 40000 us dollar anually (400 00 Swedish krona) then no matter your income, you pay 50% it is the max cap. But on the other side most government service is free and the most and best thing is that school is free from daycare to university which is fucking super great not to be in debt
The average swede will pay 32 % in tax
The Nordic welfare system will never ever work in the us. If you want this kind of system you gotta rebuild the entire us infrastructure. It isn't gonna happend in one day and Americans will have to change their life view and this will never ever happend. And I don't mean it is a bad thing. Imo, don't change. Stay the same and focus more on what you always do
He makes $121k/year....AND he has an amazing pension..AND he has amazing health care....AND he gets more days off....AND he gets to accumulate sick days....the list goes on AND we get to pay for it.
Literally most jobs get PTO, most jobs have health care, most jobs have a retirement plan, and most jobs have vacations days as well. So I'm trying to figure out why people always try and throw that shit out there as if it's some unheard of benefit that normal people dont get.
@@jerrelCbanks I suspect it's because the public pays for all these benefits.
Master Shake they have more and better of everything you just listed and I’m pretty sure Bruno’s pizza owner doesn’t have healthcare or a retirement plan. Entrepreneurs rarely can afford that for them or there employees.
@@raaaaaaaaaam496 bruno's pizza is a dead end job first of all. And its federally required for ALL fulltime workers to have access to health insurance from their employer. 2ndly I worked in the private sector and I currently work as a government employee and I can tell you for a fact that MOST jobs I worked had the exact same.benefits some even had better benefits such as tuition reimbursement, gas/fuel usage pay(for travel to work), more consistent raises, the list goes on. The fact is, the old saying that government jobs are the best jobs is false and its outdated..maybe 50 years ago or even 30 years ago it was true, but in today's economy where companies have to compete for not not customers, but quality employees as well that dynamic has long ago changed.
Master Shake no not ALL. Only businesses with more than 50 employees. Bruno’s does not. Bruno’s is a poor working businessman. He makes good pizzas and he makes even more money off soda. McDonald’s makes the majority of their profits off soda cause it’s easy to do and every gets a soda with their pizza especially in low income neighborhoods. So the lawmakers who get endless benefits are punishing a man who can’t provide benefits for himself or his employees. When ironically he could afford benefits if the government didn’t make benefits cost so much.
"What arts? People tryna live!"
That was my favorite part of the video.
@@jasonbrown4526 Same
This guy
You want to live?? Well that soda is killing people
"I don't know about that."
He doesn't know much about anything.
He doesn't that just mean he is not doing his job. Vote him out of office that will teach him
He keeps saying that as if it's not his job to know these things. 🤔
Vote trump if you want fair prices. Look at gas now vs when Obama was in office
@@seegreen6484 there was only a 12 cent lower.
As soon as they say a new tax will fund schools and/or roads, you should be wary of it. That's *never* true.
Here in Colorado, they legalized pot and said the schools would be rolling in dough from the taxes and the roads would be fixed. The roads still look like shit and the kids are still eating slop for lunch.
Yep. My state takes in lottery money that was supposed to do a lot of good (doesn't help anyone). And at least every couple of years, they want to raise taxes on gasoline to fix the roads. I think we have some of the worst roads in the nation. People's cars are actually damaged by the potholes here. (And after the potholes ruin your exhaust, the police will fine you for having a car that's "too loud".) Nice.
That is so true. In my state they told us the lotto money would go to schools. They dont know where the money is going as of today
The money does go to those projects, the trick is that the money the school etc was receiving before is taken away. Lottery money just replaces the current funding it was getting.
Lisa67 when they allowed casinos in pa the taxes from them was supposed to lower our property taxes in pa mine keep going up ?
I love the councilman’s evil laugh every time he talks about taxes.
and the uhmms after stossel counts some of 44 taxes in the city
“They’re funding the arts”
“Like we need dat”
real artists do art without funding.
Let the public fund the arts if they if they want to, if the public wants it, let the public pay for it.
@@Eraera1 yes, but that is a far cry from spending 4 million on an organization just to hold two youth hip-hop exhibitions
@@Eraera1 I'm unsure about the effect it has, the website seems to count in money that was made by other non-related businesses simply because there were events happening nearby, I might be wrong on that though.
Let us assume I am wrong, there is no way in hell it's the "best" investment a community can make, surely, that just sounds absolutely otherwordly and straight out ridiculous.
On a government level, arts must be pretty damn fucking low on the "best investments to make" list.
It really does seem like you just pulled that straight out of your ass, and I must say, that does make me kinda mad, so if you wouldn't mind actually backing up your incredibly bullshit with statistics next time, that'd be nice.
@Leo G Fuck cave paintings, government is to fight war and stop criminals PERIOD.
Oh man, the black guy with glasses tells it how it is. "Stop stealing". Awesome.
SemiMono And everyone thinks that just because it is law that it is right. Any tax that is unjustified to take from someone is stealing. It is just wrong.
I lol'd
People think stealing is wrong until Election Day. And they justify it with “Muh roads”.
J. Garner if only we only pay for muh roads, I’d settle for that too.
What do they say? "They ain't buyin it!"
Make a damn "crossing the street tax" that will show those citizens!!!!
Its gonna be tol booth to cross soon watch lol 💰🤷🏽♂️
There should not be such taxes made until the governments subsidize the cost of salads and healthy foods for people. Look at how expensive the healthy foods are compared to the fatty foods
@@brotheradam And where do U think those subsidies come from Adam? John Q Tax Payer, namely, U and I! Is that right?
I would just dip permanently.
If that was a joke, it was funny
If politicians like to tax things that are harmful, then why aren't they taxing themselves.
TheRisky9 genious!
They are always looking for something to tax for revenue. They try to justify taking from people to make it look like its the right thing to do. Europe does this and i cant see why the democrats try to model the EU standards as their own.
They see themselves with rose colored glasses and never see themselves as harmful.
A politician's salary should be determined by the median income of their representatives, therefore, they would be incentivized to improve their local economy.
nexeye1 They have a good thing going. Do you think they will elect to change that ?
Somehow I don't think anyone with enough intelligence to properly lead others would be willing to work for so little. And one who serves the general public in a position of authority should probably be spared the difficulties poverty so that they can effectively serve the people. They are worth more.
But I agree that some form of equality with the people should apply, such as living in proximity to their "subjects". I would suggest that their salary might be tied to their effectiveness in reaching community goals in topics such as reduced crime and effective education instead of welfare and social programs. But you won't find anyone willing or able to serve like that for $35k.
I have heard the argument that you want to attract people who are more qualified with higher pay, similar to the private sector, the issue is that the best aren't the ones elected all the time
Note that they said determined by. The ratio could be something more reasonable like 2:1. The point is that they would actually care about the community economy.
Most of their income is under the table, whatcha talking about?!
*When you've gone so far left that Bernie Sanders even says you're extreme*
"Meh, well, I don't think we're taxing them to death."
If I kept getting elected to that position, I guess I would have such a flippant attitude as well.
Charming Billy
121k a year with full benefits/vacation/pension is a very comfortable living in and around philly.
Government doesn't NEED more money. It has all the money it needs, more money than in any other time in history. The money is all there, they need to cut spending.
Enforcing the constitution will do just that. the 10th alone would get rid of an overwhelming majority of federal spending. Getting rid of unconstitutional state-level programs like asset forfeiture and eminent domain will save resources which, in turn, saves a butt-load of money. And by enforcing the rest of the constitution would save a lot of government resources from stopping the enforcement of gun control and federal drug bans to forcing the federal government to put us back on the gold standard so that the states will be able to pay their debts.
And while restrictions on the states are few and defined like the fed's delegated power, enforcing those restrictions, including the bill of rights and the 14th amendment, would do a LOT of good.
Jormungand13324 And the thing with asset forfeiture or civil forfeiture is they don’t make arrest on the individual, they make it on the asset and can take it just on suspicion or a made up one at that.
How taxes like this normally work: Wow! Look at all the money we raised for the schools we have so much that surely we can find new social and city construction projects! Three months later: We blew through the new tax money in fact the new programs are over budget because we spent more deciding on how to use the money than actually spending it. But the projects we started need to be completed so in the meantime we have to cut the schools budget a little bit. But we're going to introduce a new tax to help the schools. Rinse and repeat until city is bankrupted.
switch player 101 And whatever money they get in pays out less through all the red tape through processing fees. Totally inefficient on how they run some of these programs they tax for.
He should sell $1.50 "water" cups 😉 and look the other way!
Modern problems require modern solutions.
no that's not how it works.
@@lolwtnick4362 Get out of here lawmaker.
Michael Draper I assume that the employer is also taxed when he buys the soda, so that plan probably would not work.
Start a blind pig
@Stephen Cary year late: even the store owner buys the pop put of city
The way the mayor of Philadelphia smirks when he talks about taking money seriously irks me.
Daniel Borders he’s not the mayor. Council member
no name Whoops, I goofed.
no name
Cops Suck To be fair, it showed his title in the video. I was just lazy and forgot to look back and see what it was.
But I agree, he's just another government leach who doesn't actually care about the well being of his citizens. Just another money grab.
I wanna know the name of that pizza place. "Best slice in town" by a local is a great way to find good food.
It's called Bruno's, on the outer edge of Philly. Says it right in the video.
Ron Helton Sweetness! Next time Im out there, im making a stop.
but he's poor. so what he meant is "best slice in town that i can afford"
Bruise Knee Meh, I worked in three seperate pizza joints when I was younger, you can cross a zip code, but the prices float in the same range.
Sometimes the smaller cheaper place has some of the best food, it's not fancy, just good
I just don't know how you could continue to vote democrat after watching a video like this.
We really don't need government. I don't know why you would vote anyway. Doesn't matter who you ask to rule you and your family because they will rule over you. It's called Statism. Look it up.
If you think Republicans would reduce government or help you in any way you would be wrong. So vote for your favorite ruler but don't complain when things don't get better for you.
@@shealdedmon7104 Well at least they won't steal and tax the shit out of me.
@Mark robinson I do know. They scare people by telling them that Republicans are a bunch of racist, sexist bigots who want to get rid of our favorite programs, and the ignorant masses vote straight D as a result.
This kind of thing isn't what libs spend their time watching.
Politicians NEVER tax themselves
The guys reaction to John telling him he makes 3x times the medium income was absolutely shameless
True though.
Pay for politicians is a Catch-22. You want to pay them enough to lower the temptation for corruption, but not so much that people seek the job just for the money. I'm not sure what the right answer is.
It is always so easy to give away other peoples money. Tie some of these taxes to government employees income and you will see this end quickly.
I bet that old politician has a pretty good pension to go with his $121k a year job.
Darren Lachel I’m sure they purchase soda also
Plus whatever his getting in kickbacks and bribes.
Philly city council has been dirty and democrat for a while now.
They need more taxes, to make up for all the middle class people leaving the city. More section 8 popping up, gentrification changing neighborhoods and pushing out families that have lived there for generations.
My old neighborhood is unrecognizable today. Its so awful now, its like a liberals wet dream
Darren Lachel, when a city council member makes more annually than an US Army Colonel with 20 years of service then something is wrong.
Probably gave themselves a raise with the new revenue.
Darren Lachel absolutely
“Ion know about that” 😂😂😂😂 that mayor tripping, he said that like 5 different times.
I noticed that too! Wow, he's really earning that high salary 🙄 How did that dumbass luck into that job???
"He ain't helpin me... he's tearin me up." LOL!
Thanks for coming to Philly and Sounding the alarm. You are a warrior for us little ppl I respect you alot!
When I eventually open my restaurant I will charge politicians a politician tax. A $50 meal will cost a politician atleast $1000.
Sock it to 'em.
it'll definitely boost business the first time a politician ends up paying a grand for a meal that is a fraction of the price for everyone else. That's because it'll make the news and you'll be quite popular.
Scott Muto then they probably wouldn’t go into your restaurant or at least say it’s discriminatory.
That sounds very fair
Don't hate the politicians. Hate the voters who vote them in. Why? Because university teachers tell them so. The biggest hate I have is for professors of liberal arts colleges.
1:25 "Its for what we FEEL is good for society"
Democrats in a nutshell
Norman Hayward you said it! Enough of this “I feel” bullshit. Your feelings don’t mean jack shit to the people you’re supposed to serve.
When Govt does things to help you, you know it will be there to stay. When a robber steals from you, he does it once and moves on, Govt keeps on stealing and never stops.
I think this is a good tax! John Stossel makes it sound like reduced soda consumption is a bad thing. He said the tax hits the poor worst, but obesity-related health problems also hit the poor the worst. If we don't reduce the impact of obesity the medical bills cost a lot more than the soda tax does.
They tried to do this in Cook county here in Illinois, and it failed miserably. It was extremely easy for anyone to avoid this if they lived a few miles away from the county line, or by Indiana. Within a few months it was repealed.
It also didn't apply to EBT recipients, the bulk of which is spent on soda.
The irony is overwhelming
Yeah it was out in a matter of months, the fucked up thing was the tax covered products under a certain brand regardless of if they had sugar in them or not such as unsweetened iced tea and coffee drinks.
Cook county did add tax for beer. Believe it is 10 cents for ever 6 pack or something. Have family in Cook and Lake. They go to Lake county and buy if they are having a party and need beer. People say "Hey its only 10 cents" well that is on top of other additional taxes for alcohol. My receipt for a 12 pack at 7-11 had several lines in it for extra taxes. Crazy!!! Grand total is 8 taxes on beer. 28%!!!!! After typical average joe pays 25% of pay to fed, state, city, etc. Plus property. PLUS gas tax is huge in IL. There is less than half left.
How are funds in Philadephia going to increase because of the soda tax if people aren't buying soda in Philadelphia?
@Kevin K if your buying gas in Germany you pay gas tax and on top of it 19% sales tax. so double taxing you pay more tax than for the product itself
It's a matter of options. You can pay the damn tax, get your drinks elsewhere, or change the type of drink. Some people will choose the first. If you aren't close to the town lines, don't have business to go out of town or if you are in a restaurant eating. Those are all cases where you might choose to still buy a soda.
The point merely is that they changed the relative prices of drinks across types of drinks and across cities. People will react.
Personally, I think it's a stupid policy. What the hell are you doing deciding you can tell others they should adopt what you call a healthy life style and using the threat of force to do it?
"We have a liquor tax too"
Yeah but they're buying the liquor out of city just like the soda
The numbers given were for the city of Philadelphia. Soda sales didn't go down 57% elsewhere.
I swear if this guy says "I don't think" one more time 🤦♂️😂
seattle just passed the sugar tax, campaigned for by starbucks. Guess who's exempt from these taxes with more sugar in their drinks?
mostdeadlygeist to hell with Starbucks
Does the tax apply to those syrups they put in some of the drinks? What about the sugar packets?
Apparently, they got around the tax because their first ingredient is milk or something absurd.
mostdeadlygeist -
ANY excuse will do for the utterly corrupt.
From the Starbucks website, a 16 oz frappuccino has 66g of sugar or 4.125g/oz. A can of mountain dew has 46g of sugar or 3.833g/oz. Starbucks sells sweeter drinks than the "worst" of the sodas.
Sad when John Stossel could do these kind of reports everyday and never run out of work.
"I don't think we're taxing them to death."
Of course you don't because you make almost 4 times as much as the average person!
There was almost a riot at my school when they took away the soda vending machine.
It's ALWAYS for the kids!!!
@Jaunita Dudley That's called "heart-string propaganda." Politicians always prey on your emotions to slip in more unwanted taxes, etc. A harsh example of heart-string is breast cancer research. They've been making everyone aware for 30+ years and still no cure. Yes, I know there are treatments. Treatments aren't cures. 900 million plus/year to, in reality, never find a cure. If there was a cure found, it would be heavily suppressed because that would end the 900 million/yr. The 900 million is what the federal government throws at breast cancer "research", the campaign to never find a cure pulls in many millions on top of that.
Like the lottery is just for education.
How about a law that all of these politicians pay taxes twice.
They should "serve" the public for no pay. Bunch of freeloaders.
or thrown out of office for lying. I think it is fraud to not keep your oath you took, then cash your paycheck.
Everyone needs some wage however I’m in favour of politicians living off RUclips or their own website. So they only get paid how money people want to pay them. Through adds and patreon.
Yeah, they pay taxes twice. To themselves.
Why?
Put the power of regulating the politicians paychecks in the hands of the people
like we need that. LIKE WE NEED THAT.
John: THey're funding the arts
lol the sarcasm
Politicians salaries should be 10% less than the median income of their area.
We tried this here in Chicago (cook county to be exact) and surprisingly it was repealed a few months later so all hope is not lost you just have to make your voice heard.
I wish soda was banned in cook county actually
Max W why? If you don’t like it just don’t drink it.
I'm trolling hahaha
When you live near the city line. Just cross that road and you pay less in;
- gasoline
- sale tax
- tobacco
- alcohol
- no soda tax
OMG I can't afford to pay more for a can of Coke but I can afford to eat out instead of making dinner at home for a fraction of the cost, what a pile of BS.
look at the size of the politicians neck to see who's getting fat
They don't care about health, just about control.
start a politician tax 50% of earnings and benifits
50% is too low, that's chicken feed for them. 80% is better for these leftist nutjobs.
Windshield Wonder to be fair they pay the wage tax, sales tax, and soda tax in theory.
Windshield Wonder and they would still make a decent living
Wouldn't matter because they'd just increase their own salary to compensate.
I feel that lady when she asked why pay $3 for something that used to be 99 cents. That’s how I feel about dollar menu items when they jumped up on prices but quality stagnated
The best moment of this whole video is at the 3:46 mark. That pizza shop owner sums it up perfectly
2:41 This guy's laugh is very off-putting.
The tax is probably going to help pay for his pension. Fat pig politician.
Jonathan Grey --sounds like he heard a dirty joke...yep, taxes, same thing.
He looks and kind of sounds wasted.
If I were making that much money for doing next to nothing but tax all day, I'd have an off putting laugh too.
This guy, in general is off putting.
A Democrat, why aren't i surprised?
The dems playbook if it moves tax it.
It’s embarrassing for the people of this country having these type of “leaders”
Taxes... Taxes/Theft everywhere
MUH ROADZ
I moved out of Philly last year, whenever I visit my parents I bring them a couple of 2 liters of Pepsi, god knows I don't miss the soda tax!
I love when the government tries to restrict my life
You know it's bad when the immediate response to a problem taxes caused is "That's impossible because we taxed it."
Does that guy know how to say anything other than "I don't
know about that?"
Matthew Meaney a tried and true non answer
Well he doesn't know anything but taxing people to death, so no I don't think so.
The biggest tax on the poor is the lottery. They say they use the extra money for schools. What they actually do is use the lottery money for the regular school budget and take the tax money that would have been used for schools and spend it on something else. Govt should have to run on just the simple taxes paid. Corporate taxes. Income taxes. Property taxes. Also the govt should have to have a balanced budget every year. Then start lowering taxes paid by the people. Starting with income tax. Then lower property taxes on the poor and middle class. If they don’t have enough money for a project then it doesn’t happen or the private sector has to do it. Things like art have always existed without govt funding and will continue to do so. And families should be responsible for their children’s education pre-K.
Shouldn't be an income tax at all. Think about it, all your income is taxed and then all your expenses are taxed. Everyone is being taxed twice.
That's a tax on people who can't do math. That said, voluntary taxes are always preferable to coercive taxes.
No income tax or property tax. The government doesn't own your labor or the land you own.
@@DaveHibbert Voluntary taxes lol... Say that to George Washington during the American revolution...
@@swmp9x19 income should be taxed expenses shouldn't.
I used to be unsure about the meaning of the word "smug bastard". I no longer am.
America would be a better place without politicians.
I believe consuming large amounts of soda is a horrible for your health but what you do with your body is your business. Drink away.
Curt D absolutely correct but you shouldn’t be taxed extra for what you like to drink! Every body is going to die some day that is a guarantee it’s a free country you should enjoy your life as long as you’re not hurting anyone else
It’s all about controlling the people
Keep voting Democrat that's what you get!!!!
Bob Leden
You don't have to actually vote democrat for them to "win", they've been rigging and buying elections for a long time.
I've actually already made arranarrangements headstone for when I die
It will have my name and social security number and say "I never voted democrat in life.. Please make sure I don't in death"
Oh who fucking cares about political parties. It's not a red or blue issue. So don't make it out to be.
"we get a dumb fucking wall if you vote republican" Can do this shit all day. And guess what? It goes nowhere and nobody cares. I like fucking Obama. Does that mean I support the soda tax? Fuck no. I have a fucking mind of my own. If Trump wanted to remove the soda tax then I'd support him for that too. Fuck Red and Blue. That shit MEANS NOTHING!!!!
People who try to categorize something as Dem or Republican do so to push their own twisted fucking agenda. Like little kids trying to peer pressure someone into thinking a certain way. Grow up and think for yourself.
Novaximus I agree but at least Republicans don’t tax you to death
It's not hard to make soda at home...
Nobody ever said politicians were smart.
Man that sucks for the businesses! I would move my place across the street to escape the crazy taxes. Reminds me of the British imposed tea taxes.
Genevieve Rachelle It wasn't just tea... Paper goods were subject to the Stamp Act of 1765, which required a special Imperial stamp to be placed on every playing card deck, will and testament, and newspaper.
Hip hop and dancing classes
Horrible
The worts part is those places aren’t built for the poor the poor barely have time to visit. It’s built for middle class people
In Baltimore we got $15 million dollars worth or smart garbage cans. Meanwhile our bridges and roads are full of potholes. I think our Mayor just spent a few more millions on scooters that no one will ride.
Hip hop is such crap.
Jason Brown They can fund their own entertainment.
Good interview John, thanks for bring up issues the local news are afraid to touch.
Holy fuck that city councilman makes my blood boil. He's so open about just stealing from people "for the greater good".
I wonder how he would feel if people started treating him the same way...
John Stossel does a great job with these issues. We should Thumbs up his videos more often to help him be seen on RUclips better.
Then RUclips will ban him for being against community standards.
Well when I go to philly no soda for my family.... oh well just bring our own
@3:46
"STOP STEALING. That would be nice."
Love that man.
"I dont know, i dont think, i dont know, i dont think" on and on with this guy
Didn,t we leave a country that tried to tax the crap out of us?
Yep after that uk became a corrupt shithole on par with Mexico they both have this exact same tax too.
3:55 black man knows his shit.
Why not raise his pizza price and give a "complimentary" drink?? To avoid taxes
4:05 Father Mckinney: "Well my colleagues thought it was ok to touch them!".
Legalized extortion!!
When Bernie Sanders is against your tax, "you done screwed up, boy!"
lol that smile on him when he's saying "we got liquor taxes too" is so punchable that even his daughter would agree
I'm so tired of these politicians coming up with new ways to squeeze more money out of us kind of shit is going to stop!!!
Of course it's the Democrats
Chicago and Cook County had an unpopular 1 cent per ounce sweetened beverage tax for a few months in 2017 before it was repealed.
This is why I left Philadelphia and moved to Florida. Idiot Politicians.
I love how politicians never think about which expense to cut, but rather which new thing to tax
John you're slipping a little bit here. Half of the soda tax isn't even going to the schools. :(
The latest gas tax rise in Pa which was for the 'infrastructure' is going more and more to the state police. :(
Barley Educated you mean those state police who put their lives on the line everyday?
Effectively none of the tax goes to the school. As they funnel this money into the school they remove other sources of funding. There is no increase in funding for the schools.
Yes they deserve to be paid but not with a bait and switch tax. :(
I was trying to be generous with my statement. :)
Barley Educated good point I completely forgot about that the tax on gas in pa is ridiculous our mayor wolf needs to go
Every tax they ever came up with is for the kids, but they always seem to be in need. Lotto/casinos/cigarettes/ ...soda - yep this time they really fixed it.
That was an awesome video. I love when stossel talks to business owners
John,
I'd like to thank you for your great work. Your interviews are always on point. I'm happy that you are on the consumer's side. High sales-tax comes from the result of Union political donations creating higher taxes for the citizens in most citizen cities that the unions can get a higher pay and better retirement.
"Stop stealin!"
In the state of Pennsylvania, we have Taxes on Sparkling Water. 🤦🏻♂️
Cody Lee sales tax
When he said "we aren't taxing them to death" John should have brought up taxes charged on funerals and on inheritance. Then said, "taxed to death and beyond actually."
"I don't know about that, cause we have a liquor tax too." Man this guy is the definition of a politician. His largeness, OMG. 😂
More and more the (D) behind the name stands for dope.
Vote with your feet.
steve w all the hipsters are moving into the city in droves
no name, every revolution needs cannon fodder. I hope they enjoy themselves.
I learn more from you than school. You a real treasure
Store owner: “They’re not buying it”
Me: exactly.... so sell fresh juice, water, bubbly, soda water, smoothies, beer...
Cook County, Illinois did this. $0.01 per ounce. The consequence of this tax caused people (Myself included) to shop in neighboring counties. But I did not buy just my soda, I also bought my meats, my produce, my canned goods, etc in those same communities. The tax that Cook County implemented actually did more harm as people would do all their grocery shopping in neighboring counties/states. Just like the folks in Denmark would do. Prior to the tax being repealed, Michael Bloomberg was pushing advertisements on TV talking about how the soda tax would IMPROVE childhood health. It ultimately got repealed due to severe pushback. As Americans, we need to stand up against these politicians, let them know we will not re-elect poor decision makers to make positive changes.
But you will re-elect them you always do , why? Example Portland city voters allowed a city tax to pay for some made up reason that was to be repealed after one year and after ten years it's still in place and they still re-elect these thieving bastards which continue to tax the people for more bullshit reasons, which is the reason I don't live n Portland.
You can't fix the problem if you keep electing the same people! It stands to reason that if you continue to over tax or add new taxes for things that do no good, people will leave thus giving these criminals less money to spend and the community will end up like Detroit broke.
When you ask them where the money went and all you hear is ------ NOTHING but Lies or more lies with maybe YOUR OUT OF ORDER, your times up sit down. They will never expose their corruption and they are never punished for their theft and while they sit in their multi million dollar home drinking their soda that they bought in another county laughing at you voters your getting poorer and poorer everyday---- no Christmas for you. I guess to compensate your lost dollars you'll have to get a second or third job.
You know at one time elected persons where not paid, they did the job for free to help build their communities now they get paid an average of three time the average wage just to keep you broke/poor so you have no life- So just shut the fuck up work your three jobs AND PAY YOUR DAMN TAXES SO WE THE POLITICIANS CAN GET A PAY RAISE!
Bitch, bitch,bitch is all you do, you never step up and fix the problem by getting these criminals out of office then you BITCH SOME MORE!
People you have the power to fix this but you never use it. I VOTE EVERY ELECTION DO YOU! I bet if you did there would be no soda tax because you got rid of the corruption and replaced them with better officials.
POWER OF THE VOTE PEOPLE TRY TO USE IT IT MAY SURPRISE YOU!
Remember what happened in the late 1700's with the TEA TAX! You could do the same to the SODA TAX - REBELL.
Their is always the TEA PARTY idea.
"We have a liquor tax too, ha ha ha.". Shameful.
"We can't find a way to make this revenue!"
*Meanwhile arresting 20,200 people for marijuana.*
Righttttttttttttttttttttttt....
those dopeheads will not pay tax on that