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"Federal" isn't a synonym for "political." The FTC suing to enforce a Federal law isn't a matter of politics.
A case of Pepsi/coke is up to $8 where I live. My eyeballs popped out of my head when I saw it. I haven’t bought a case in years so it was quite surprising.
Exurban area so not the big chain stores. >

Hopefully it encourages more people to stay away from it >

Agreed, and some of those bubble water drinks are pretty good after you kick the sugar drinks, I had a tangerine one the other day (la croix I think) that was pretty damn good. >

These were what really helped me cut soda out of my diet. For me the fizzy sensation is enough to scratch that itch for soda most of the time. >

I’ve done the same thing. But we should remember these same companies sell those waters as well. >

Cool. Now do housing prices. >

And bring in Communism because centrally-planned economies always thrive. >

Because investigating collusion between landlords and property owners = centrally planned economy.
Thats less of a slippery slope fallacy and more of a sheer cliff fallacy. >

Not certain how this is political... >

Federal probe* - it’s right there in the title.