Philly's Soda Tax doubles price of products, Mayor claims it's price gouging.

[PainIsLIfe]

Did the increase was proportional or not? without that data basically both sides could be right.

If the tax is 1 cent and my marging of profit was 50% then anythin over a 2 cent increase is indeed price gouging.

The vid shows the price and the math works out to exactly 1.5cent per ounce - so no price gauging. The stores are just showing customers why the price increase is occurring.

 

[panamaican]

The city is a dumpster. It's poorly kept up it has awful pockets of poverty the people have very loose morals and an even worse standard of ethics. I used to date a girl there are every time I noticed the general perception of it's people is shitty.

We're going to disagree obviously. As a city, it has pockets of poverty but the overall it's no different from any other large metropolitan city.

I don't know what to say about the ethics element. Did you live there for a long time and when was this? And when you say the general perception of it's people is shitty, what do you mean?

I lived there for a bit and I didn't notice anything particular about it's ethics, although the phrase "philadelphia lawyer" is not always meant as a compliment.

 

[Burning Hammer]

We're going to disagree obviously. As a city, it has pockets of poverty but the overall it's no different from any other large metropolitan city.

I don't know what to say about the ethics element. Did you live there for a long time and when was this? And when you say the general perception of it's people is shitty, what do you mean?

I lived there for a bit and I didn't notice anything particular about it's ethics, although the phrase "philadelphia lawyer" is not always meant as a compliment.

Just my interaction with people from meeting them to regular customer service. I never lived there, I visited while my ex girlfriend was going to med school quite a bit. People from the city are generally looked at terribly because of what they do on a public level. From sports fans to just regular people, they just seem to hate everything else and everyone else. It's weird.

 

[n...not crazy]

Well, nobody gives a shit that they tax the shit out of tobacco. Just a more popular product this time, so it will take a while for addictions to kick in and people keep buying it up.

Oh, and not too long before big black dudes start selling loose cans of pepsi on the street.

 

[kpt018]

Well, you can decide if you want to work at a place with dangerous work environments as well, and you can still decide whether you want a soda with a vice tax on it, But I get your point.

My argument is more out of principle then anything else. I lived in NYC during the soda tax "experiment" and it was wildly unpopular, even in a liberal city, by both businesses and consumers. It didn't last long before it was crushed.

The positive for what you are suggesting is improved health. So while I am not a fan of government taxes on things deemed unhealthy, at least the outcome is good.

I'll put it this way; there are about a million other things I'd fight against that would take priority over this.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

The city is a dumpster. It's poorly kept up it has awful pockets of poverty the people have very loose morals and an even worse standard of ethics. I used to date a girl there are every time I noticed the general perception of it's people is shitty.

Lots of great cultural aspects to the city. Music, cuisine, history, art. Sorry you missed out.