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Teeqoz on 24 June 2017
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pokoko said:
Teeqoz said:

Ouch, you got me there,  that completely changes my argument. I mean, if a few people pay the tax, instead of no one,  then that really does lead to a substantial difference in tax revenue, which much overcomes the economic disadvantage of retail sale leakage to other counties, so it will definitely lead to an increase in tax revenue for the district, but will still do a poor job at reducing soda sales. (for the record, this is sarcasm, I'm not "making things up" in this paragraph.)

No seriously, I didn't intentionally misquote you. In fact I didn't quote you at all. I didn't claim you said precisely that, it's just that it didn't matter for the sake of my argument. Didn't realise it would matter to you. Either the district really won't get any money out of it, or it will have a substantial effect. You can't have it both ways. That was my point.

And as for your last question, I believe it is because the politicians don't want to completely ban soda for people, just reduce consumption somewhat? But that's just what I think, I may be wrong.

Yeah, you probably are wrong and I don't care about "for the sake of your argument".  Don't quote my post just because you want to be snarky.  You aren't making much sense, either.  This isn't 100% one way OR 100% the other way.  We already have a model for this.  People with cars will go outside the district, hurting local retail.  Poor people will assume the burden of the tax, just like with tobacco.

You were the one accusing me of making things up lol. But okay, if you want to get so hung up on the precise words I used then go ahead. I didn't mean to imply that you used the exact same words as I did in my post, but if you interpretted it that way I guess I should've been more careful when posting

It doesn't have to be 100% one way or the other. The effects it has on tax revenue will be matched by the effects it has on the peoples purchasing habits, regardless of how big those effects are. The same groups pushing for the tax in Cook County alone have also pushed for it to be implemented statewide in Illinois, that would make tax dodging a little harder I guess we'll both have to hope that is implemented then