ATTENTION WASHINGTON D.C. CITIZENS:

Did you know that the D.C. City Council is proposing a new beverage tax? That’s right, on top of the bag tax, sales tax, gas tax and even a phone tax, some City Council Members want us to pay more for sodas, teas, juice drinks and sports drinks.

Join us today to stop the beverage tax. What you can do:

1.) Click here to sign our petition.
2.) Click here to email City Council.
3.) Call City Council at  1-877-465-0310  1-877-465-0310 .

This Beverage Tax is Discriminatory and Regressive

Singling out one item for additional taxation is not the way for the District to balance its budget.  Taxing grocery items like beverages has the greatest impact on those who can least afford it – hard-working, low- and middle-income families, elderly residents and those living on fixed incomes. 

Now is Not the Time for New Taxes

In these rough economic times, D.C. families are already struggling to make ends meet.  We can’t afford any new taxes on top of our other rising expenses.  Higher prices at the grocery store are the last thing we need.  There could not be a worse time to ask hard-working D.C. families to pay more for their groceries.

Taxing Beverages Will Negatively Impact Jobs

The tax will drive customers away from local District businesses into surrounding Virginia and Maryland suburbs to do their shopping, negatively impacting grocery and convenience store owners and their employees.

With an unemployment rate of more than 10 percent, this is not the time to put good-paying beverage and related industry jobs at risk.

We can’t afford to pay any more at the checkout counter. 

Join us today and tell the D.C. City Council to reject any new tax on beverages.