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TexasTowelie

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2. They attribute a lot of soda consumption among the poor

Reply to MichMan (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 16, 2017, 08:41 AM

Apr 2017

including those that receive food stamp benefits. By levying a tax on those benefits it is taxing a federal program which is how it sticks it to other states.

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Tax soda to level the field [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2017 OP

Dont understand how this affects other states? MichMan Apr 2017 #1

They attribute a lot of soda consumption among the poor TexasTowelie Apr 2017 #2

Why do we want to tax the poor? MichMan Apr 2017 #4

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