Illinois sweetened beverage tax goes into effect July 1st 2017-moved to the 12th now

[NanakiXI]

Arminillo said:

NanakiXI said:
http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/06/13/soda-tax-revenue-philadelphia/

Looks like this will be a failure for Philly.

And I can't understand for the life of me why bottled water isn't taxed. It's a luxury for most and could go towards building better filtration and water distributions.

because water should be cheap. Yes some water brands can cost 1.50 + a bottle but the majority of the market are smaller (local) brands that come much cheaper like a 12 pack for 3.99. Making water harder to attain is always bad.

Of coarse it should be cheap, but it shouldn't be void of this tax either (no beverage should). Your taking a side note of mine with no real bases and spinning it, while also missing the point about better water filtration and distributions (which means cleaner and cheaper water for everyone). I'm not going to go into detail but something like taxing individual bottles or premium brands. Irregardless this would also be bad, as taxes like these never help who they are actually supposed to help and punish those who don't have a choice or don't understand how to budget and spend. Also water should not be hard to attain and free for all, wether your a millionaire or the poorest person in Flint, Michigan.