Surprised it took this long



No

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Tonight on my way home after work, I bought 4 two liters in Lombard and some other stuff, then returned to my Cook County home. It is just as convenient as shopping at my local Jewel in Cook County.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

You just won life

The prize? Diabeetus.

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I bought it to set off some Mentos volcanos in Preckwinkle's lawn.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Did something similar on a smaller scale driving home from the Loop to DuPage on Monday night. Could have bought my Diet Coke in Pilsen for the drive home, or near my house with my dinner. Waited until I got home. Cost them 44 cents in tax revenue, where otherwise I would have bought it in Pilsen and they would have received 10 cents in tax revenue.

Not hard to do the math and see that if 22-23% of the time somebody decides 'eh fuck it' the county will end up losing money overall.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Well, you see, that would only really matter if it was a desperate cash-grab rather than what it is, which is a public health issue. /s

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/in ... 35143.html

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Mc ... 26733.html

Whoops.

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Your second link reminded me I still would do Marion Brooks a lot.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ ... story.html



So Cook County may lose SNAP funding over this

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Read it again...the whole fucking state may lose the funding.

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Bigger dumpster fire? Trump's Twitter account or Cook County rolling this out?

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

I love how the solution to stores wrongly charging SNAP customers is to make them go to the customer service desk to get a refund. What could go wrong?

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Plus is the refund going on their SNAP card, or are they just being handed cash?

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

From the sound of it, cash.

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Which I believe would be illegal

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Good loophole exploitation there: buy a bunch of soda, pocket the cash rebate, and spend it on smokes. So much for punishing unhealthy lifestyle decisions!

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CH, why pile on the poor, beleaguered tobacco industry? They're paying more than their fair share already

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Yea, this Tax is on borrowed time.

Patriot Act? Yea, whatever


Soda Tax? Whatchu talkin bout, Willis?

Bingo, which is I think the feds are busting balls on this.

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This tax has gone too far! The 7-11 by me isn't doing the bring in and fill up your own cup promotion because of it.

We will find out soon enough if it is about money. Tax should be cancelled soon in Philly if it is.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I noticed there are some spots running about how this regressive tax is Actually Good, paid for by none other than America's foremost soda scold, Michael Bloomberg. Kinda weird to see what feels like an election ad in what isn't an election season on what isn't up for a vote. So what's the goal of these ads: discouraging unhealthy soda consumption or encouraging needed tax revenue?

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I saw that the other day as well, and thought it odd.

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I like Beverage Association ad where it starts by saying everyone's talking about this tax and then at the end it says we need to get more people talking about this tax.

I don't know, it sounds relatively successful:



If, like Philly, Cook County gets 85% of what they project/hope, I think they would be very happy.

I sense the outrage is fading and this tax will remain, unfortunately.

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I like the casual moaning and groaning... it really sounds like we are overhearing a totally unforced conversation!

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

That isn't the definition of success. We could implement a county 50% income tax rate and raise way more than that in a month.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas