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Re:Do “sin taxes” work? by Ntrails on Monday August 13, 2018 @06:12AM (#17749092)
> This is just an example of a corporation buying out a local government.

I gotta question whether it's realistic to say that Starbucks bought out local government with it's infinite resources but McDonalds couldn't afford to?

I'd love to see the actual/official reasoning behind the exclusion though

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Re:Do “sin taxes” work? by craftyguy on Monday August 13, 2018 @12:07PM (#17751135)
Starbucks was born/raised in Seattle.. so maybe that affiliation won them a free pass?
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