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

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Mr Puggsly said:

Trunkin said:
The tax includes juice? Are you sure, spurge? Cause that sounds ridiculous if true. Juice is expensive enough as it is.

Generally these taxes have affected any drink with added sugar in them.

So any juice with added sweetner, even 0 calorie sweetereners, get hit with this tax. So cranberry juice would get hit given that generally has added sugar. But it also adds a tax to milk alternitives like soy milk.

Its just a bullshit way to raise tax revenue and will have zero impact on public health. Its a scam left wing cities keep falling for.

0 calorie sweeteners aren't 0 calorie though haha. Take Splenda for instance, it has just as much calories per gram (or per pound or whatever unit you want to use) as normal sugar.