Just like Obamacare.
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/10/11/implosion-chicagos-soda-tax-nearly-upon-us/
The last time we checked in on the Great Chicago Soda Tax of 2017 (which is actually a Cook County initiative, but that's pretty much Chicago) things weren't looking good. Following one legal foul-up after another, they finally had the tax in place but consumers were revolting. Shoppers were going across the state line into Indiana in droves, hurting local businesses and driving the projected revenues from the tax to disappointing levels.
Possibly even worse was the anger being openly displayed by the voters. That's one way to get the attention of elected officials, and now a sufficient number of them have been alarmed enough by the reaction to throw in the towel. A vote on repealing the tax is expected to take place before the year is out. ...
The spin from the WaPo is quite clear on this one. It's a major defeat for the progressive cause and a win for "Big Soda." (Just as an aside, when did we decide on calling anything we don't like "Big Whatever" in this country? Because I'd like to get in on Big Martini if that's a thing.) They cite the fact that the tax was supported by Michael Bloomberg as supposed proof of the sin tax's pedigree, as if that carries any weight. It's also a supposed defeat for the cause of keeping Chicago residents healthy.
Of course, none of that is really the issue at hand here. This tax is dying from a series of self-inflicted wounds combined with the fact that it's a dishonest way for the government to do business. ...
If only someone could have warned them that this would happen. Oh, that's right ... we did. Repeatedly.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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