Monday, June 12, 2017
Seattle taxes soda pop.
The Seattle City Council adopted a soda tax this week. The rate is 1.75 cents per ounce, which
means the tax would be about $1.18 for a 2-liter bottle of soda. That rate will more than double the price of some flavors.
The Left in Washington has grown bold, weaponizing taxes in the war against its opponents. They single out those they don’t like or the activities they find immoral, and use tax policy to compel submission to their fuzzy-headed, stupid-utopian dreams. Targeted authoritarianism is un-American and the precedent is dangerous.
The Left is committing public nudity; they no longer dress up their taxes and regulations as "support of the working class." The Teamsters union recognized that taxes damage jobs and called this part of the war on workers. The council compromised by offering to use $1.5 million of the money the job-killing tax collected to give to workers for job retraining.
Ironic?
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http://www.freedomfoundation.com/
The Left in Washington has grown bold, weaponizing taxes in the war against its opponents. They single out those they don’t like or the activities they find immoral, and use tax policy to compel submission to their fuzzy-headed, stupid-utopian dreams. Targeted authoritarianism is un-American and the precedent is dangerous.
The Left is committing public nudity; they no longer dress up their taxes and regulations as "support of the working class." The Teamsters union recognized that taxes damage jobs and called this part of the war on workers. The council compromised by offering to use $1.5 million of the money the job-killing tax collected to give to workers for job retraining.
Ironic?
~~~~~~~~
http://www.freedomfoundation.com/
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