Soda

The city of Seattle has passed a tax on soda which goes went into effect January 1st. The local Cosco Store put up an ad showing how this will affect the cost of pop. It said that a case of Dr. Pepper that used to cost $10 will now cost $17.50.. Last year Philadelphia passed a similar law and since then the use of soda has gone down. Since this tax has gone into effect on Jan. 1, consumption of the sweet drinks is off by as much as 50 percent. There are other cities around the country that have soda taxes. The government sees this as a way to help people to healthier life styles and of course the tax goes to the government. The same is true of pot but I am not sure this leads to a healthier life. In any case the rich are not concerned.