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Subject LOL! YET ANOTHER LIBERAL FAIL!!!!!!!!!! The effects of Seattle’s soda tax are finally being realized — and business leaders are furious

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Original Message Seattle should call this Operation Taxed and Furious.

Basically, the tax is forcing people to go OUTSIDE city limits and spend their money elsewhere...

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Thanks to the 1.75 cents per ounce tax, a 36-pack of soda at a Seattle Costco rose in price by 75 percent, while a 35-pack of gatorade raised by similar levels. While city leaders say the tax will benefit the city, business leaders and representatives say the tax will do nothing but hurt Seattle businesses, their employees and, in the long-term, the city itself.

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