http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/03/03/florida-bottlers-may-start-paying-for-water-they-now-pump-for-free/546 Protecting our rural waters and economies from Nestle's bottled water plants Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/03/03/florida-bottlers-may-start-paying-for-water-they-now-pump-for-free/546/comment-page-1#comment-664 TC Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:27:37 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/03/03/florida-bottlers-may-start-paying-for-water-they-now-pump-for-free/546#comment-664 Nestle - and the bottled water industry - managed to not only defeat the resource severance tax (which many companies pay when they "sever" a resource from the land - a good description of Nestle's bottling efforts), but they even beat the rule that would have closed the sales tax loophole enjoyed by bottled water. Nestle – and the bottled water industry – managed to not only defeat the resource severance tax (which many companies pay when they “sever” a resource from the land – a good description of Nestle’s bottling efforts), but they even beat the rule that would have closed the sales tax loophole enjoyed by bottled water.

]]> http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/03/03/florida-bottlers-may-start-paying-for-water-they-now-pump-for-free/546/comment-page-1#comment-663 Isabel Carr Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:33:04 +0000 http://stopnestlewaters.org/2009/03/03/florida-bottlers-may-start-paying-for-water-they-now-pump-for-free/546#comment-663 So, why was the Governor's suggestion that Nestle start paying such a bad idea? As I recall, the outrage that came in as Op Eds were from paid minions of the water company. All businesses have some kind of overhead. They pay for their raw products and every conceivable kind of tax. Why shouldn't Nestle pay something for the use of the water that they can sell as the country's finest? So, why was the Governor’s suggestion that Nestle start paying such a bad idea? As I recall, the outrage that came in as Op Eds were from paid minions of the water company. All businesses have some kind of overhead. They pay for their raw products and every conceivable kind of tax. Why shouldn’t Nestle pay something for the use of the water that they can sell as the country’s finest?

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