taxation

Sugar sticker shock in Seattle: New tax on sweetened beverages more than DOUBLES the price on some items

January 15, 2018 -

Posted by Isabelle Z.

(Natural News) A new tax on sugary drinks that went into effect in Seattle at the beginning of the month has caused the price of some products there to double, and residents are voicing their unhappiness with the new rule. Seattle joined several other American cities in taxing sodas and other beverages sweetened with sugar. […]

in: Diabetes, Food, Government, Health, Sugar addiction, Taxes, Toxic ingredients

How to take money from the rich (without using Big Government coercion)

October 20, 2017 -

Posted by David Armstrong

(Natural News) Liberal leftists think that wealth must be confiscated at gunpoint and STOLEN from wealthy people in order to redistribute it to their voter base. But in a powerful recent podcast, Natural News founder/editor Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, explains why coercion is not the answer… real wealth, he says, comes from the wellspring […]

in: Culture & Society, Currency & debt, Current Events, economics, Finance, Government, Investing & stocks

Government trying to tax Kombucha as alcohol

March 11, 2017 -

Posted by Vicki Batts

(Natural News) Is the government really trying to tax kombucha? Those in the kombucha industry have had concerns about a federal smack-down for years. In 2015, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) even sent warning letters to a number of kombucha brewers to accuse them of producing beverages that supposedly exceeded the […]

in: Current Events, Food, Government, Taxes