Statewide Soda Tax?
- A penny-per-ounce state tax on sugar-sweetened beverages could raise $561 million a year in new revenue for Illinois, while also saving millions in health care costs associated with obesity and diabetes, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Such a tax would likely would face tremendous opposition from Big Soda, particularly given the recently passed penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar- and artificially-sweetened beverages in Cook County that goes into effect July 1. The Harvard study's revenue projection factors in an expected drop-off in sales once the county's tax kicks in.
Chicago proposed and passed a water tax, resulting in a business boom for surrounding suburbs mega-stores.
Philadelphia saw shoppers flee the city and experienced layoffs when they started taxing soda at the retail level.
Prickwrinkle is about to provoke another such exodus in two months when her county-wide soda tax takes effect.
Now Illinois is going to create a black market for soda as hundreds of small businesses start shopping over state lines the way they do for smokes and gas in just about every state surrounding the black hole that is Illinois.
Philadelphia saw shoppers flee the city and experienced layoffs when they started taxing soda at the retail level.
Prickwrinkle is about to provoke another such exodus in two months when her county-wide soda tax takes effect.
Now Illinois is going to create a black market for soda as hundreds of small businesses start shopping over state lines the way they do for smokes and gas in just about every state surrounding the black hole that is Illinois.
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posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
82 Comments:
Wis 5.5% tax and no bullshit taxes accompany the sales tax.
Wis run by a repub gov who within 4 years took the state from red to black and lowered property taxes.
Of course the Wis legislature is run by the repubs, unlike Illinois , which explains the death grip around Illinois residents and businesses.
Is Bull Winkle going to ask for a Tax stamp on Soda drinks like Cigarettes.She is a Moron $2.88 add on tax on a case of pop.Can I drive 20 minutes from home and save 50 bucks on my gas and groceries.
Make it five dollars an ounce. Because I will by my soda in Indiana :)
They just don't get it! Fucking tax us all out of here why don't you!
Thanks to the dummycrats and the ignorant fools who vote for them this city, county, and state are headed right down the toilet.
And since it will be illegal to sell black market friggin pop, its the Police who will be called on to stop the horrible practice of people trying to save money from these theiving bastards. Makes sense that they will try and do it statewide so there will be nowhere to escape the tax. Wisconsin and Indiana are going to love it.
I94 North exit Route 60... 20 minutes from O'Hare Costco in Lake County..Save big money drive out every two weeks stock up.
Another tax that will effect the working man, but not those who are using EBT, WIC, Etc.
I work and live in the city but have been shopping in Indiana for years.
People on LINK should not be allowed to buy soda at all. NO MORE PURPLE POP!
That just sealed the deal for me. I enjoy a nice ride into Wisconsin once a month. Why not do some bulk shopping at big box stores and even pick up some items for freinds and neighbors?
State of Detroit, Illinois has become. A wasteland state.
Max out your 401k!!!!
Quit hiding behind the health argument when EBT users are exempt
Gas cigs now pop I buy them in Indiana I don't buy anything here anymore been doing it for 17 years
(OT) The description here I male wearing a baseball cap a gold car but what would the race of The male be? They can describe that it was a male with a baseball cap but yet no race? How can people even help the police and apprehending the criminal cannot be done thanks media for your totally dishonest reported not say this man is of any particular race but come on now;
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/250742591-story
Rahmmy buys his soda in Indiana. When returning to Chicago from his Michigan residence, they stop the suburban at the super Walmart and load up. Thus avoiding his paying any tax.
and......the same politicians will be reelected over and over again..
Once a week the wife and I get on 294 at Golf Rd. exit Hwy 50 to Woodman's or Costco, exactly 46 minutes. The prices are 100% better than Jewel or Mariano's. Gas is 30 to 50 cents cheaper than Illinois. It's a nice ride and the people in Wisconsin are very friendly and you don't hear foreign languages or see rude behavior. Yeah I know I spend more in gas and tolls just to save a few bucks, I don't care, it gives me self satisfaction that the Madigans and Perrywinkels aren't getting my tax dollars. Starting July 1, 2017 I'll be running Pepsi and Coca Cola across the border like Bugs Moran and Al Capone. ♠️
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Another tax that will effect the working man, but not those who are using EBT, WIC, Etc.
4/26/2017 03:19:00 AM
Excellent point. Why the hell are they able to buy pop on a link card?
Just another reason to move out of Illinois, Chicago, and Cook County when you retire. Retirement can't come fast enough...
Flee Illinois!!
Wisconsin has a high state income tax, plus a tax on services. In Wi one pays sales tax on everything. Haircuts, dry cleaning, labor on car repairs, newspapers.....any money spent in Wi is taxed.
A new state tax will not be enacted as long as Rauner is governor without the grand bargain with Madigan. Next election if a democrat is elected governor watch all sort of tax increases and money grabs. Then watch more businesses and people to flee the state.
So a twelve pack of soda that cost let's say $4.00, plus $.02 an ounce county and state .24 per can plus 10.25% sales tax .41 equals .65 cents per twelve pack. Indiana here I come and I'm a Northsider. Between water, beer, liquor and now soda it's worth the trip
Once a month. And you can fill up while your there.
Stupid liberal democrats trying to save the people from themselves when the people need to be saved from the state! On the other hand, the police are the problem, so the state can pass all the laws it wants, but with the police being the problem, who is going to enforce the laws the state passes?
Guess they don't think that far ahead.
J.J.
Illinois ,Crook County Demonrat Crooks not taxing Cookies ,Candy Potato chips ? Chips raise your blood sugar levels, Diabetes??... Cookies,Candy have more sugar than soda ,,
All it is a liberal cash grab, while screwing American middle Class..$230 Million a year in soda taxes for Crook County ?? No way.. Chicago Tea Party coming
Hey shop for gas ,cigarettes , Indiana casinos ,lower sales tax ..Indiana 30 Minutes from Crooked Chicago.. Just add the soda to shopping list
Anonymous said...
And since it will be illegal to sell black market friggin pop, its the Police who will be called on to stop the horrible practice of people trying to save money from these theiving bastards. Makes sense that they will try and do it statewide so there will be nowhere to escape the tax. Wisconsin and Indiana are going to love it.
4/26/2017 12:41:00 AM
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Crook County Police will be asking for soda tax receipts from big parties in Forest Preserves ... to see if tax was paid
I just found out about another tax that Rauner passed in August 2016 - out of state wine / spirits tax. Apparently the wine / liquor distributors (connected clout-heavy whiners) lobbied our governor and Rauner passed a law stating that any company shipping wine / spirits to an Illinois resident must go through an Illinois wine / liquor distributor OR (wait for it) . . . Purchase a license (at an outrageous fee) to ship wine and spirits to Illinois residents. So for anyone who joined a wine club from Napa or Oregon or Washington or has beer shipped from any out of state microbrewery - check with your supplier.
Illinois and Cook County in particular is dying a slow death right before our eyes.
Saw a U.S. Map the other day on an article giving tax rates around the country.......Our Demorat state topped the list at a total of $14.78 per each and every hundred bucks I make......
So am SO PROUD to be #1 on so many lists:
Most people shot per capita
Most people killed per capita
Most totally-in-debt state in the republic
Most over-taxed state in the republic
The #1 state for people leaving
If you are young enough, GET OUT......especially my brothers and sisters in blue.....the climate here is not good.....
If you are NOT, save your money and get out as soon as you can......this state can not survive when the non-workers outnumber the workers......
When I lived in downtown Chicago would routinely drive out of Cook County for grocery shopping. Overal advantages of driving many miles on crowded expressways?
1. Overall less expensive even including gas and time. Tax and grocery cost. Stores do not have to mark up as much because of rampant theft.
2. Cleaner supermarkets. No bums or street people urinating or deficating in the stores. Remark from my daughter first time we journeyed out for supplies: "... wow I didn't even see used syringes on the floor..."
3. Not getting accosted by beggars and street people when coming or going.
4. Not having all your stuff pawed through by theft prevention people upon leaving. Granted this didn't happen to me too often. Perhaps I was "profiled?"
These reasons make a strong case for traveling outside of Cook County. Especially if one "goes in" with friends and neighbors.
Remember When they Raised the Cigarette tax 4 dollars a pack,The following year they lost 30 million in revenue.Prepwinkle you are a,Moron.
These idiots don't realize that taxes influence behavior. More tax, less consumption.
Fee Fie Foe Fum, Indiana here I come!
Looks like it's time to Turtle Wax the Trans-Am!
🎵 Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking
And we gonna do what they say can't be done
We got a long way to go,
And a short time to get there
I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run
Keep your foot hard on the pedal,
Son, never mind them brakes
Let it all hang out,
'cause we got a run to make
Keep your ear tuned to the scanner
If you shopped in Indiana,
Just bring it back, no matter what it takes
Eastbound and down, U-Haul trucks are rolling,
And we gonna do what they say can't be done
We got a long way to go,
And a short time to get there,
I'm eastbound, just watch ol' Bandit run . . .
Two of the biggest counties in Illnois adjoin WI and IN. Guess where soda sales are going to explode if this tax passes?
I buy my ammunition outside Cook County. I buy my bottled water outside Cook County. I buy my soda outside Cook County. I buy (most of) my gas outside Cook County.
Madigan, Preckwinkle, and Emanuel can tax whatever they want. It's only a few miles more to the State Line and I have a big trunk.
National Review has a spot-on story about the effects of the Philadelphia soda tax: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444491/philadelphia-soda-tax-consumers-businesses-poor-hit-hardest-jim-kenney.
Rather than trim Illinois Bloated Government Agencies, lawmakers just keep spending money that's not there and raising taxes
....AND STILL DONT PAY THEIR BILLS.
You try that.
Bad ass Bruce Rauner the Reformer...what a joke.
The king of company takeover can't oust thieves like Madigan and Cullerton.
What can a Democrat like Pritzker or Kennedy do, besides handout more freebies to deadbeats?
Screwed is Illinois and Chicago Cook County.
Can't even run a simple Lottery without corruption or waste.
The Indianapolis Blvd WalMart, right across the state line, will love this.
No blood for soda!
In Indiana I will buy everthing only 12 miles from my house fuck this city
"Taxing us into prosperity." Only leftist democrats believe this truly works.
Ya know I'm starting to think that their is an effort to drive tax payers out of cook county and even the state
Democratic insanity.
What if I buy water, soda and ask for a plastic bag? How much tax will I pay? What if I have a Link Card?
I won't be buying any in Cook County after 1 July !!!
Un fuking believable.
Would the democrats ever institute a Flamin Hot Cheeto's and grape drank tax? It wouldn't hurt the west and south side ghetto voters, seeing how they get their "earned income tax credit" free money from our coffers. We could erase all deficits with that tax but the politicians need the ghetto vote.
Rope and lamp post time is getting closer for these politicians who destroyed this country.
I enjoy my soda - but not enough to add another 12, 24, 32, or 64 cents to whatever container I'm buying.
So I'll plan accordingly - when I have to head up near the State line, I'll leave a bit earlier, go on up to Wegmann's and load up for the month. Will probably buy fuel up there too...
I might even pick up some for friends and neighbors and pay for my wear and tear on the car by marking it up just a bit....
Screw Illinois - can't wait to get the hell out of this libtard shithole.
Needn't worry, working on the final touches of shipping truckloads of Bootleg Mountain Dew across the state line. Also working on Moonpies and PorkRinds so you're covered on both ends.
to 04/26/17 7;42am well said brother me and the girl friend go to twin lakes wi, and we do the same thing buy all our food , gas and pop , also the workers in the stores are the ghetto rats like here they are respectful n nice also to
rahm eric holder bo and Loretta lynch and the jdl and big f-ckyou
I try and buy nothing in Crook County and Chicago!
Sounds like the State WILL be adding another highway lane to the nearby states for people to shop over the lines!
Democrats = Fucking Dummies!
How far away is the "air we breathe" tax?
4/26/2017 01:13:00 PM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
What if I buy water, soda and ask for a plastic bag? How much tax will I pay? What if I have a Link Card?
4/26/2017 01:54:00 PM
If you have a LINK card you're golden.... none of this nonsense applies to you.
We wouldn't want to inconvenience or overburden the leeches of society.
OFFF TOPIC= Fat Ed on Chan 7 news at 5 PM, his first year running CPD. It appeared he was glamming and gleaming all he did during this 1st year. LMAO. He said he became the police because his friend got popped by CPD at 14 yoa, and he was the victim of discrimination. Chan 7 made this goof look like he did something positive for the last year. He said he will do better the second year.
The people of color are really messed up not calling for his head with the body count. But !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dumber then dumb. Guy should be sweeping State Street.
Not a cop but there are some cop shows that are more real than others. How does this show Bosch compare to real life? Watching the episode when a cop shots some asshole who clearly has a weapon, cop draws down. Asshole loses the battle. But when investigated they go over it, over and fucking over again. Is that shit for real? And like Bosch said, if you would have clinched your wife is raising the kids alone. Then his son said, well could you have shot him in the leg like TV? The cop said, son, this is real life. Not TV.
Hello Walmart Hammond Indiana. No bag fee, no soda tax and lower food taxes. 20 mins from my house in Chiraq. 2 times a month stop and stock up. I actually like Illinois and Chicago, I hate the damn politicians. You are driving people like me away.
Anonymous said...
When I lived in downtown Chicago would routinely drive out of Cook County for grocery shopping. Overal advantages of driving many miles on crowded expressways?
1. Overall less expensive even including gas and time. Tax and grocery cost. Stores do not have to mark up as much because of rampant theft.
2. Cleaner supermarkets. No bums or street people urinating or deficating in the stores. Remark from my daughter first time we journeyed out for supplies: "... wow I didn't even see used syringes on the floor..."
3. Not getting accosted by beggars and street people when coming or going.
4. Not having all your stuff pawed through by theft prevention people upon leaving. Granted this didn't happen to me too often. Perhaps I was "profiled?"
These reasons make a strong case for traveling outside of Cook County. Especially if one "goes in" with friends and neighbors.
4/26/2017 09:34:00 AM
HEY! Those needle users, beggars and street people all vote Democrat! Cook county has to take care of them. Like exempt them from the bag tax. And Democrats wonder why Trump won.
Link holders are exempt from the soda and plastic bag tax. So much for Equality".....
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Another tax that will effect the working man, but not those who are using EBT, WIC, Etc.
4/26/2017 03:19:00 AM
No one cares about them like they care about us. Where are the marchers insisting we are all treated equally! Why is my health more important than those drinking purple sofa!?!?! They tax us because they don't want us to be obese. (I'm being sarcastic....)
(OT) could this be just propaganda or a serious event?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4447140/Kim-Jong-army-fires-rockets-mock-enemy-warships.html
The last eight years with Barry in charge has caused all of this world problems also all the problems in the city of Chicago her directly attributed to the week president that we had in Barry and our mayor now who is allowing all the carnage bloodshed murder to occur and I want to great city this is all attributed to the evil of them
"...Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking
And we gonna do what they say can't be done..."
(4/26/2017 10:46:00 AM)
– hah!
Pre-NAFTA trucker shows!
Right up ther with Every Which Way But Loose, Moving On tv series and BJ & the Bear,
but I'm still stumped on what that monkeys name was.
Buy American - Buy WI-IN
Wait til the first Task Force tackles a poor downtrodden citizen for selling "loose" cans of pop and the poor fella can't breathe. Then what?
Costco right in Bolingbrook is Dupage county.
The sad thing is the politicians in Philadelphia are happy with the tax. They are crowing over the revenue it has brought in. Of course it brought in revenue. If you went from a zero tax to one and a half percent anything is profit even if sales are down. If you google Philadelphia soda tax you find the Democrats happy about the revenue but then you will find other articles about people being laid off due to the lack of sales. Typical Democrats don't care about the lay offs. As long as they got theirs then screw everyone else.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
State of Detroit, Illinois has become. A wasteland state.
4/26/2017 06:06:00 AM
Thanks Yoda!
Anonymous said...
Needn't worry, working on the final touches of shipping truckloads of Bootleg Mountain Dew across the state line. Also working on Moonpies and PorkRinds so you're covered on both ends.
4/26/2017 04:17:00 PM
Hey maaaannn...
Don't forget a few cases of Dr. Pepper with real sugar...
It makes a nice complimentary back-splash
for bourbon.
Blogger Leonard Hamilton said...
Not a cop but there are some cop shows that are more real than others. How does this show Bosch compare to real life? Watching the episode when a cop shots some asshole who clearly has a weapon, cop draws down. Asshole loses the battle. But when investigated they go over it, over and fucking over again. Is that shit for real? And like Bosch said, if you would have clinched your wife is raising the kids alone. Then his son said, well could you have shot him in the leg like TV? The cop said, son, this is real life. Not TV.
4/26/2017 05:44:00 PM
Haven't seen it Leonard but I do enjoy reading your posts. You seem to have a level head
Pepsi distribution facilities in cook county are alrdy planning to layoff.
Nice job crooked County Jagoff commissionerst and prick winkle
That's right, those link card holders are exempt from the tax so that means the health problems that pop causes the poor will continue to plague them.
I'm waiting for the first lawsuit on some of these taxes.
How is it fair that you tax some people and not other folks?
I keep telling you coppers life down south is good for the soul. Come and grab a spot on the local force (Auburn, AL) where I live and you actually get to warn the Antifa once and only once they will get beaten down if they stir shizzle up and you get to follow through. Our sales tax is a little high for my liking , 9%, but the school system is pretty dang good. You don't have a hood to patrol or Dude Inc to deal with. One request though, please make sure to always talk bad about the South to any libtard you run across, we don't want them to move here. They have a habit of ruining their current home town, getting mad at taxes etc and then moving here and voting for the shame shizzle again. So by all means, please tell them it is still 1930 down here with hooded horse riders everywhere.
War Eagle!!
Anonymous said...
"...Eastbound and down, loaded up and trucking
And we gonna do what they say can't be done..."
(4/26/2017 10:46:00 AM)
– hah!
Pre-NAFTA trucker shows!
Right up ther with Every Which Way But Loose, Moving On tv series and BJ & the Bear,
but I'm still stumped on what that monkeys name was.
Buy American - Buy WI-IN
4/26/2017 07:58:00 PM
The "monkey" in Every Which Way But Loose was an orangutan named Clyde. By all means, shop in WI or IN for the WIN.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Saw a U.S. Map the other day on an article giving tax rates around the country.......Our Demorat state topped the list at a total of $14.78 per each and every hundred bucks I make......
So am SO PROUD to be #1 on so many lists:
Most people shot per capita
Most people killed per capita
Most totally-in-debt state in the republic
Most over-taxed state in the republic
The #1 state for people leaving
If you are young enough, GET OUT......especially my brothers and sisters in blue.....the climate here is not good.....
If you are NOT, save your money and get out as soon as you can......this state can not survive when the non-workers outnumber the workers......
4/26/2017 09:26:00 AM
Incorrect. We are not tops in "per capita" killed.
Anonymous said...
How far away is the "air we breathe" tax?
4/26/2017 04:51:00 PM
Technically, it's already here. We exhale Carbon Dioxide, which makes Al Gore break out in hives.
Anything that causes the least little pain to a Democrat's preferred perception of reality is subject to being taxed, licensed or regulated into oblivion - for the children, of course.
Anonymous said...
I just found out about another tax that Rauner passed in August 2016 - out of state wine / spirits tax. Apparently the wine / liquor distributors (connected clout-heavy whiners) lobbied our governor and Rauner passed a law stating that any company shipping wine / spirits to an Illinois resident must go through an Illinois wine / liquor distributor OR (wait for it) . . . Purchase a license (at an outrageous fee) to ship wine and spirits to Illinois residents. So for anyone who joined a wine club from Napa or Oregon or Washington or has beer shipped from any out of state microbrewery - check with your supplier.
Illinois and Cook County in particular is dying a slow death right before our eyes.
4/26/2017 09:24:00 AM
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News Flash Douche bag, I hate to break it to you, but the tax was always there. You were just not paying it.Read a book once in a while.
Anonymous said...
Pepsi distribution facilities in cook county are alrdy planning to layoff.
Nice job crooked County Jagoff commissionerst and prick winkle
4/26/2017 10:58:00 PM
I wouldn't be so quick to blame them for this.
Pepsi notoriously backs leftists. They kissed Obamas ass and even changed the logo on their Pepsi can to mimic obamas logo.
Before Trump was elected, Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi ripped on Trump's treatment of women, after Trump won, she commented on how some of her employees were crying because they were afraid of a Trump presidency.
I emailed PepsiCo and let them know they lost a lifetime customer because their CEO was getting involved in the politics of this country.
I haven't bought Pepsi, Gatorade, Fritos, Doritos, or Quaker Oats products since. And there are many more former customers who are just as pissed as I am.
Costco in Will County!
Gas, Food, Pop, Water [no Chicago Bottle tax either] and a big fuck you to Rahm, Preckwinkel and Crook County!
I-355 at Boughton Road. Nice restaurants nearby too!
Today I just bought a trunk load of bottled water in the suburbs!
Fuck You Rahm and your bottled water tax at .05 cents a bottle!
My summer trip will include a trunk load of juices and pop!
In addition to cheap gas, groceries, no .07 cents a bag tax [that I use for my dogs poop] and a stop at a restaurant!
All stops outside of Cook County and No taxes for either City or County!
FUCK YOU Preclwinkle!
So tell me how these places going to make money off people like me with a big vehicles?
I may even start a side transport job instead of working VRI or Special and probably make more $$$
If your young enough why for the love of god are you staying in chicago.
OFFF TOPIC= Fat Ed on Chan 7 news at 5 PM, his first year running CPD. It appeared he was glamming and gleaming all he did during this 1st year. LMAO. He said he became the police because his friend got popped by CPD at 14 yoa, and he was the victim of discrimination. Chan 7 made this goof look like he did something positive for the last year. He said he will do better the second year.
The people of color are really messed up not calling for his head with the body count. But !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dumber then dumb. Guy should be sweeping State Street.
he has a master degree , tuff street cop , repeat offenders responsible for murders not ed
Anonymous said...
OFFF TOPIC= Fat Ed on Chan 7 news at 5 PM, his first year running CPD. It appeared he was glamming and gleaming all he did during this 1st year. LMAO. He said he became the police because his friend got popped by CPD at 14 yoa, and he was the victim of discrimination. Chan 7 made this goof look like he did something positive for the last year. He said he will do better the second year.
The people of color are really messed up not calling for his head with the body count. But !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dumber then dumb. Guy should be sweeping State Street.
he has a master degree , tuff street cop , repeat offenders responsible for murders not ed
4/27/2017 11:51:00 PM
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Thank you. I have Master's Degree too. Not everyone has one.
No just the number killed, Is that better
Taxes are so out of control that rahmmy has his detail buy his sodas out of state.
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