Many cities have threatened a "fast-food" or "litter" tax. Now Oakland will get to show everyone whether it will work or not. The California city is placing a new tax on fast-food restaurants and convenience stores to fund the cost of cleaning up litter.
Eateries and convenience stores will have to pay between $230 and $3,800 a year, with the exact amount depending on their size. The money will be used to pay work crews to clean up litter.
Watching the poor shop for food makes you feel sorry for this fast-food tax. And places that suggest it (or pass it) usually have a lot of poor and minority people. Beverly Hills would never pass one, but Detroit considered it. And now Oakland has passed it.
At least we'll see what effect, positive or negative, a tax like this will have.
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