Five years ago, Philadelphia progressives passed a soda tax with the idea that it would "help" the poor, kids and others:

Philadelphia, the nation's largest city with a soda tax, has the right to charge its 1.5-cents-per-ounce levy on sweetened beverages, the state Supreme Court ruled in a bitter defeat for retailers and distributors.

The ruling was a crucial victory for backers of such taxes as cities and states wrestle with the contentious tax that could be good for health and public coffers.

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The Philadelphia version of the tax was designed to help fund pre-kindergarten programs, parks, libraries and other services.

As with most other great ideas from the Left, they either didn't think it through or didn't care because they had dollar signs in their eyes. 

John Stossel looked back on how things are going five years later, and as usual it's the regular people who are paying the price in more ways than one:

Another Big Government "success" story!

Too bad more residents won't consider not continuing to vote for Democrats as a result.

Yep, and the list goes on and on.

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