More Supported Needed....Oppose the Proposed Bottled Water Tax!

Below is an update from IBWA distributed just this morning......

Dear Washington State Bottled Water Supporter,

The Washington State Legislature is heading into a special budget session next Monday, March 15th, and a sales tax on bottled water is still on the table as one possible way to try to help close the state's $2.8 billion budget deficit.

Even if you already helped us oppose the bottled water tax proposals during the past couple of weeks by writing your your Washington State Senators and Representatives, PLEASE consider taking another few minutes of your time to WRITE THEM AGAIN THIS WEEKEND with our new messages. Ask them to REMOVE the bottled water sales tax from the budget revenue proposal that is currently under consideration. The arguments for not taxing bottled water are strong and sound, and they are starting to gain traction among legislators. Bottled water is a packaged FOOD product, and as such should remain EXEMPT from Washington State's sales taxes.

Visit either of these links to TAKE ACTION:

http://www.bottledwatermatters.com/content/take-action

OR

http://capwiz.com/ibwa/issues/alert/?alertid=14709586

And please consider passing this email along to your family and friends who also enjoy bottled water so that they can write their legislators and sign our sign our Bottled Water Matters petition too.

Thanks for your time, and we truly do appreciate your support of the bottled water industry and our products.

Sincerely,
The Bottled Water Matters Team