Wash. Democrats Admit Goof On Soda Pop Tax; Industry Considers Ballot Repeal

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:15:00 +0000

OLYMPIA, Wash. – If you buy soda pop in Washington, soon you'll be making a contribution to help rebalance the state budget. In the final hours of the legislature's special session, majority Democrats imposed a two-cents-per-can excise tax on soda. But now the carbonated beverage industry is considering an effort to repeal the pop tax this November. One of its arguments: the tax law contains a technical goof.

At Harbor Pacific Bottling in Elma, Washington, a forklift loads Pepsi products onto a truck.