Letter to the Editor: The battle lines of the beverage tax
How much more evidence do Philadelphia’s elected officials and citizens need to realize that the Beverage Tax is a failure?
The Philadelphia Business Journal recently reported that November 2017 revenue from the onerous tax was less than $6 million, far below the city’s projection and the lowest monthly total to date since the tax was enacted a year ago. At this rate, with only December 2017 Beverage Tax receipts still to be tallied, the city will take in $20 million less than it projected.
Given the city’s bait and switch ploy — allocating Beverage Tax revenue after its passage for numerous other programs, not solely “for the kids” — that’s considerably less money for Rebuild Philadelphia.