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Health insurers and businesses are already feeling the iron-clad grip of regulations in #Obamacare: http://t.co/J6dfnKqFYZ
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Signs Largest Tax Hike in Virginia History into Law http://t.co/Qd6KOFfaPv
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Under #Obamacare, mothers have had a tougher time purchasing non-prescription, over-the-counter medicine: http://t.co/dJuaGAT9LE
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9 out of 20 #Obamacare tax hikes have not even been implemented yet: http://t.co/opFkyf1guJ
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.@GroverNorquist on MFA: "[The Senate] didn't ask all of the questions that needed to be asked": http://t.co/wXfkIR2Ca9 #NoNetTax
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Conservative and Free Market Groups Applaud Move to Delay a Vote on Gina McCarthy: http://t.co/lNQYmJAB12 #EPA
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The #Obamacare train wreck will derail the American economy: http://t.co/opFkyf1guJ
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DC City Council Doing What They Do Best - Trying to Raise Taxes
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Within the past year DC residents have faced tax hikes on their smokes, plastic bags, and now it looks like the DC Council is after their Coca-Cola too. Yes, Council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) has proposed a 1-cent-per-ounce tax on bottled and canned soda along with other sugary drinks to pay for her healthy schools initiative. If Cheh’s proposal is successful, beverages classified as soda or sugary drinks would cost $0.68 more per 2-liter and $1.44 more per 12 pack – a more than 30% tax increase in some instances! The council is slated to take a final vote on the issue on May 25 as part of their fiscal 2011 budget.
As the No DC Beverage Tax coalition points out, regressive soda taxes hit hardest those that are least able to afford it. Furthermore, heavily taxed DC residents already work an average of 224 days a year before they have earned enough gross income to pay their share of the spending and regulatory burden imposed by government on the federal and local levels. This also comes at a time when DC taxpayers and employers are trying to cope with the $670 billion in higher taxes passed by Congress in just the past year. Adding another punitive soda tax will only make matters worse. Instead of trying to raise taxes, the Council should first try to identify and cut areas of waste, fraud, and abuse. A good place to start is DC Council members' exorbitant salaries. In fact, ATR has already pointed out how Cheh could actually fund her healthy schools initiative by cutting taxes.
ATR urges that you make your voice heard today – to sign the petition expressing opposition to Cheh's soda tax, Click Here.
Posted by Patrick Gleason 
on Friday, May 14, 2010 6:12 PM EDT
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