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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:36 pm

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The entire concept of the Nanny State can go fuck itself.

This tax is simply theft to fund corruption

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badrogue17

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:37 pm

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ToxicMasculinity wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

ToxicMasculinity wrote:

but the people most likely to drink sugary drinks (the impoverished) mostly would avoid the tax due to SNAP and other welfare being exempt.

Are you saying majority of people that buy sugary drinks are on food stamps?

Get the fuck outta here.

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Individuals aged 18–24, men, and those with less than a college education were also more likely to be frequent soda consumers. In addition, those living in households with an income of 200% of the poverty level or less were more likely to be frequent soda consumers than those from higher income households.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329746/

There are just under 900k in cook county on SNAP.

So in short yes the poor consume more soda and also use food stamps to pay for it, you douchebag.

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Free Ajent

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:40 pm

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Terry's Peeps wrote:

Nas wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Nas wrote:

sjboyd0137 wrote:

http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170630/judge-halts-cook-countys-soda-tax

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A Cook County judge Friday blocked the implementation of Cook County's controversial penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened drinks that was set to start Saturday.

One of the stories I saw on this was that the reason the judge granted the order was because there was no plan or tracking in place for refunds to be provided if the tax was deemed unconstitutional.

No issue with this tax. I'm bothered by the water tax.

I on the other hand have an issue with it and I'm not a pop drinker. I am not a fan of government imposing more taxes so that they can mismanage more of our money....GTFO!!

I'm not a pop drinker but if a tax can reduce obesity then I'm all for it.

It can't.

Exactly my point. I'm sure there are better ways to help reduce obesity without mismanaging more tax money.

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:54 pm

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Free Ajent wrote:

Exactly my point. I'm sure there are better ways to help reduce obesity without mismanaging more tax money.

This has 0% to do with health (or else SNAP would not be exempt). This is 100% about revenue generation, but they disguise it under the banner of health to minimize the outrage.

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Free Ajent

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:04 pm

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Exactly my point. I'm sure there are better ways to help reduce obesity without mismanaging more tax money.

This has 0% to do with health (or else SNAP would not be exempt). This is 100% about revenue generation, but they disguise it under the banner of health to minimize the outrage.

These are rarely about the good for the community and 100% about revenue generation. Just like our for profit prison system and the most of the tickets from our police system.

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Nas

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:04 pm

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Exactly my point. I'm sure there are better ways to help reduce obesity without mismanaging more tax money.

This has 0% to do with health (or else SNAP would not be exempt). This is 100% about revenue generation, but they disguise it under the banner of health to minimize the outrage.

Of course

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Hatchetman

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:07 pm

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I'm all for taxing poor people. They should tax used tires too.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:18 pm

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Hatchetman wrote:

They should tax used tires too.

Why do you want to destroy RPB's family?

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Colonel Angus

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:55 pm

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I bought those twelve two-litres the other day for nothing. #CrisisAdverted

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:45 pm

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jimmypasta wrote:

"oh,I don't drink it" your ass!

Billions spent on pop every year but nobody here touches it...bullshit!

I drink a lot of diet pop and "Ice" drinks with vitamins. I still don't get why diet pop falls under "sugar tax". Every study I have read saying diet pop is bad has been inconclusive. They leave out the fact that fat people still order fast food with their diet pops. Like I tell my wife,diet is just that. No calories,no sugar.

Because it's a bullshit name instead of calling it by it's real name ... the "we have no skill or ideas and besides we're too lazy to actually try to fix shit, so fuck everyone" tax.

Free Ajent wrote:

Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Exactly my point. I'm sure there are better ways to help reduce obesity without mismanaging more tax money.

This has 0% to do with health (or else SNAP would not be exempt). This is 100% about revenue generation, but they disguise it under the banner of health to minimize the outrage.

These are rarely about the good for the community and 100% about revenue generation. Just like our for profit prison system and the most of the tickets from our police system.

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

sjboyd0137 wrote:

God damn, jimmy....the shit they use to make artificial sweeteners is fucking terrible for you.

I'm still waiting on some citations of credible scientific studies proving such an assertion.

sjboyd0137 wrote:

Have you ever seen a skinny person drink a diet coke?

Uh ... all the friggin' time. As Tom Jones will tell you, it's not unusual.

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Free Ajent

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:57 pm

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Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:05 pm

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Free Ajent wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

Yours or a rental?

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SpiralStairs

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:03 pm

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W_Z wrote:

Unflavored for me!

I can't let this deep cut Simpson's reference go unnoticed.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:05 pm

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Free Ajent wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

It's disappointing you can't have both eyes on this website.

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SpiralStairs

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:10 pm

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redskingreg wrote:

You want a nut tax?

They exist already. They're called children.

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 12:32 am

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Douchebag wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

It's disappointing you can't have both eyes on this website.

Please take note that I did not write that.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:49 am

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Don Tiny wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

It's disappointing you can't have both eyes on this website.

Please take note that I did not write that.

I do these things for you.

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Don Tiny

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:11 am

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Douchebag wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

It's disappointing you can't have both eyes on this website.

Please take note that I did not write that.

I do these things for you.

RIP Stuart Scott.

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Telegram Sam

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:20 am

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

The entire concept of the Nanny State can go fuck itself.

*Excluding the subconcept of the Hot Nanny State, which I imagine would be some amalgamation of Connecticut and Southern California.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:25 pm

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Don Tiny wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

Douchebag wrote:

Free Ajent wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

See ... these guys get it. 'Sup FrAjent. Long-ass time no see.

Sup...I've been lurking here and there but have been busy with a 7 month old and the work shit.

It's disappointing you can't have both eyes on this website.

Please take note that I did not write that.

I do these things for you.

RIP Stuart Scott.

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:02 am

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It looks like it went into effect. I can't wait to see this tax fail and for the county to collect less in sales tax revenue when smart shoppers cross the county line to buy.

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Kirkwood

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:09 am

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A great tax.

I will buy less pop because of this.

Thanks Cook County!

Now if they could tax chips then I'll be well on my way to clean eating.

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pittmike

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:12 am

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Friend of mine posted on FB today. $2.88 tax on a $5.99 case of Sprite. That blows for those not able to go to the collars.

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:14 am

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Kirkwood wrote:

A great tax.

I will buy less pop because of this.

Thanks Cook County!

Now if they could tax chips then I'll be well on my way to clean eating.

^when you're such a child that you need the nanny state to step in because you have no self control.

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Douchebag

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:15 am

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If a fat slob is too lazy to workout, he will also be too lazy to drive many miles to pick up soda.

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:15 am

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pittmike wrote:

Friend of mine posted on FB today. $2.88 tax on a $5.99 case of Sprite. That blows for those not able to go to the collars.

They should move, and I'm not even posting that as a joke.

Between this, the income tax increase, etc. I will laugh when Illinois breaks 50,000 people moving out of the state this year or next.

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Jbi11s

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:16 am

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:

Kirkwood wrote:

A great tax.

I will buy less pop because of this.

Thanks Cook County!

Now if they could tax chips then I'll be well on my way to clean eating.

^when you're such a child that you need the nanny state to step in because you have no self control.

Soda addiction is a real deal problem. It was hard for me to give up the sugary sweetness, but I'm glad I did like 6 years ago. Lost weight, and felt better immediately.

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Kirkwood

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:17 am

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Buh bye!

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Ogie Oglethorpe

Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:18 am

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Douchebag wrote:

If a fat slob is too lazy to workout, he will also be too lazy to drive many miles to pick up soda.

for a single pack of soda, sure, but I bet many will buy in bulk (at places like Costco) or just do their entire grocery shopping trip out of the county. I spend about $180 a week on groceries so if I lived in Cook County and did my trips in DuPage county, that change being done by many other households would really add up in lost sales tax revenue.

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Post subject: Re: Cook County Sugar Tax

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:18 am

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sjboyd0137 wrote:

jimmypasta wrote:

God damn, jimmy....the shit they use to make artificial sweeteners is fucking terrible for you. I recognize the fact that you have this insane ability to cheat death on a regular basis, but lemme ask you this...Have you ever seen a skinny person drink a diet coke?

Bold= Exaggerated myth

Skinny diet coke? Yes, I know many skinny people who drink diet pop.

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