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Seattle Residents Jolted By New Sugar Tax
Seattle residents are taking it to social media to share their shock over the new sugar tax.
SEATTLE, WA -- Seattle shoppers took it to social media last week to express their shock over the new soda tax. The tax, which went into effect in the new year, adds 1.75 cents per ounce to the price of any drink with added sugar, with some exceptions.
Revenue generated by the tax will go to fund a variety of city programs from reducing the education achievement gap to promoting nutrition. Seattle estimates the tax will bring in about $15 million in 2018, and about 20 percent of that will go toward administering the tax.
Well, that $15 million might be easily generated, according to some Twitter users. Here's what some Seattle residents said on social media when they hit the stores to pick up sugary drinks last week.
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THEY ARE NOT MESSING AROUND WITH THE NEW SUGAR TAX IN SEATTLE pic.twitter.com/xqmj7940y2
— hayden (@HaydenBedsole) January 5, 2018
Well that Seattle 'sugar tax' escalated quickly. Still think you want to move to this over-taxed town? pic.twitter.com/F5LkCNPf6d
— traviseattle (@traviseattle) January 5, 2018
ARE YOU KIDDING?!?! Check out these prices at Costco now that the Soda and #SugarTax has taken affect in the Seattle area. 1.75 cents per fluid ounce. Pics @DevinSenaUI & @HaydenBedsole pic.twitter.com/RcsPY4e8L4
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) January 6, 2018
--Patch editor Neal McNamara contributed to this report; AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
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