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nilram

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12. Are company profits and employee salaries taxed by the government?

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Wed Jun 24, 2026, 04:16 PM

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Sodastream is on sale at a retailer I like, but... [View all] nilram Yesterday OP

It's too bad that some here apparently don't want others to be able FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #1

It's too bad that some here apparently don't want others to be able nilram Yesterday #2

You probably did, my comment was for the anonymous alerter. FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #4

ah, thanks. Do posters see the alert? Or, you're on a team that handles them. nilram Yesterday #8

I saw that too. Honestly, I had never thought to boycott companies other than US companies hlthe2b Yesterday #11

Nestle is surely the most boycotted company vanlassie 17 hrs ago #59

True enough... hlthe2b 17 hrs ago #60

I totally agree with you! I don't want to mucifer Yesterday #7

Are you also boycotting products made in the U.S.? yardwork Yesterday #31

Yes, I do sometimes boycott USA products if the company does thing like Soda Stream. We all make choices. I personally mucifer Yesterday #36

What is SodaStream doing? yardwork Yesterday #37

Here, let me help! Violet_Crumble Yesterday #46

I certainly am Violet_Crumble Yesterday #45

A quick google search turned up numerous alternatives TheProle Yesterday #10

To ask if people know of alternatives is a way of saying I'm not buying the product. nilram Yesterday #16

"To ask if people know of alternatives is a way of saying I'm not buying the product." TheProle Yesterday #22

And to the same effect. Thanks. nilram Yesterday #24

Well, except you have well-intentioned people TheProle Yesterday #26

And I am considering -- and, notice, discussing -- those alternatives. nilram Yesterday #29

That is baloney. choie Yesterday #44

As I understand it, it's not only made in Israel... regnaD kciN Yesterday #3

They moved operations Manatee Yesterday #5

More reason to avoid them. FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #6

Not true Fiendish Thingy Yesterday #14

is it produced by their government? Skittles Yesterday #9

Are company profits and employee salaries taxed by the government? nilram Yesterday #12

the same could be said about America Skittles Yesterday #15

Yes, and it is a broad brush. sheshe2 20 hrs ago #54

Israel is a great country and ally gulliver Yesterday #13

Are they a "great" country right now under BiBi? TVguyCards Yesterday #18

Thanks. The sodastream option looks like about 50-55 cents per liter, nilram Yesterday #21

It is about dime a liter gulliver Yesterday #32

Thanks! nilram Yesterday #35

We buy a case of Trader Joe bottled club soda each visit. NewHendoLib Yesterday #17

We add Diet Sprite to juice TxGuitar Yesterday #19

Yeah. When I splurge on fresh-squeezed OJ (rarely, lately) I have it with some club soda hlthe2b Yesterday #20

I love club soda and ice with a splash of OJ for my post gardening recovery! NewHendoLib Yesterday #27

The Poppi sodas are actually pretty good. LuvLoogie 17 hrs ago #62

Yeah, that's what we do. They're about the cheapest. nilram Yesterday #23

Aarke obamanut2012 Yesterday #25

Thanks, I'll check them out. nilram Yesterday #28

Are you boycotting every product made in the U.S.? yardwork Yesterday #30

excellent question, yardwork Skittles Yesterday #33

Thanks. I'm interested in the reply. yardwork Yesterday #34

yeah well Skittles Yesterday #39

Is the US at fault for the destruction of Gaza? nilram Yesterday #40

omfg Skittles Yesterday #43

I'm boycotting any product, company, or service that benefits Trump or Israel. nilram Yesterday #38

Boycotts are powerful tools. yardwork Yesterday #41

No. I'm not so organized, systematic, or absolutist. nilram Yesterday #42

That's like me! Violet_Crumble 21 hrs ago #51

Which tonic is that? progressoid 22 hrs ago #47

Whups, looking more closely, I don't find evidence for this. nilram 20 hrs ago #57

Fever Tree is my latest favorite. progressoid 9 hrs ago #65

I had no idea they had that kind of manufacturing for export Melon 22 hrs ago #48

Apparently historically at exploitive wages. vanlassie 21 hrs ago #52

Is it anywhere near our minimum wage here in the US? sheshe2 20 hrs ago #56

Soda Stream is sold from an illegal Israeli settlement. Boycott!!! hookaleft 22 hrs ago #49

Sodastream moved their factory in 2015 Violet_Crumble 21 hrs ago #50

I wish somebody could tell me how to make vanlassie 21 hrs ago #53

I've never tasted it... Violet_Crumble 14 hrs ago #63

Yea. For years I turned my nose up at it vanlassie 8 hrs ago #66

You have one? sheshe2 20 hrs ago #58

No. I don't have one. I tasted the water once and vanlassie 17 hrs ago #61

My daughter gave me her Sodastream Violet_Crumble 14 hrs ago #64

What other countries edhopper 20 hrs ago #55