Arkansas Soda Tax
The Arkansas soda tax of 1992 levied a two cents per 12oz of soda excise tax, with all the proceeds going towards the state Medicaid fund. It is still in place today.
Cry Wolf Quotes
We're funding a program that has a lot of merit. But if it's so important, then everyone should be taxed, not just us.
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Wayne Dyer, executive director of the Arkansas Hospitality Association. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
We just feel that it is really an unnecessary tax. There may have been some problems in Medicaid, but we point to the large amounts of fraud.
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Jonathan Askins, the press secretary for Citizens Against Unfair Taxes (CAUT). Arkansas Business.
I'm not saying restaurants are going out of business because of the soda tax. I'm saying it cuts into my profits.
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Wayne Dyer, executive director of the Arkansas Hospitality Association. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The tax took away our ability to accumulate funds to replace assets. We were strapped for cash flow.
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Tommy Lawrence, former president of Coca-Cola of Northeast Arkansas. Arkansas Business.
