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From YouTube: Councilman Bobby Henon on the Container Tax 5-19-2016

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Councilman Bobby Henon (6th District) speaks on colleague Blondell Reynolds Brown's proposed container tax bill during the Stated Meeting held Thursday, May 19, 2016.

Henon expressed concern that the container tax was a grocery tax and would not raise the needed revenue to fund Mayor Jim Kenney's Universal Pre-K, community schools and rebuild initiatives.

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Thank You council president, today, the introduction of a container tax proposal made the myth of a grocery tax a reality. The container tax touches nearly every drink on your grocery store shelves compared to the sugar-sweetened beverage. This tax will be impossible to avoid and, most importantly, this container tax is said to generate only 64 million dollars. That's at least 30 billion dollars short of the money.

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We need to fund our recreation, centers community schools, universal universal pre-k and notwithstanding or pensions so well, while I welcome the conversation and the debate about this proposal, I encourage everyone to remember all right throughout this budget process. We need to build a consensus around a proposal that will help fully fund all of the programs and initiatives that we expressed throughout the days of this budget process. So thank you for your time. Thank you tell.