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Taxing Bottled Water
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Chicago may be in the forefront of a movement. There seems to be a backlash against bottled water. A Chicago alderman wants to place a tax on the bottled water:
“Ald. George Cardenas (12th) wants to slap a tax of up to 25 cents on the cost of every bottle to help close a $217 million budget gap.
“People enjoy jogging or driving with a bottle of water. There’s a cost associated with this behavior. You have to pay for it,” said Cardenas, one of Mayor Richard M. Daley’s staunchest City Council supporters.”
link: Alderman Wants To Tax Bottled Water
When cost of bottled water exceeds the price of beer, will ‘beer drinking’ be considered an environmental friendly behaviour?
Catherine
[tags]chicago, bottled water, tax, beer[/tags]
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