Should soft drinks and fast foods have added tax to cut weight gains?

Ann Arbor Examiner ^ | March 11, 2010 | Kevin Fobbs

[Kfobbs]

According to a report released Monday by the Archives of Internal Medicine, there is a growing epidemic across developed nations like the United States. The study recommends that one possible sure fire method for slowing the escalation of obesity in America would be to add a “surcharge” ie.added taxes or fees.

Ann Arbor, America are you ready to may more in order to eat less? Mitchell H. Katz, MD; Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, author of the study is betting that Americans might be willing to “put their money where their mouth is.”

Oh really. Perhaps the notion of paying more in order to consume less sugar-sweetened beverage “to discourage their use and/or to fund interventions that promote alternative beverages,” may prove ideal in...

[CodeToad]

Are the liberals saying Hillary’s fat ass is because she eats McDonalds? If not, why is her ass so big and what can we tax to help her lose weight?

[swarthyguy]

OK, I’ll give the boys beer instead.

[GailA]

NO, you want to cut obesity then make sure they can’t use FOOD STAMPS for junk food. They go out of the grocery story with carts full of it.

[Munz]

Apparently my great Governor thinks that taxing soft drinks is the way to go ...

I would like to tell him which way to go.

NY now enjoys an additional 100+ new taxes ... and we are going deeper and deeper in the hole.

THANKS TO ALL THE “PROGRESSIVES” in our once great state.

And to think, the revolution was finally ignited over a tax on tea. Our founding fathers must be turning over in their graves right about now.

[Munz]

>Actually, yes it has but that is NOT what they really want. They just want to tax. The more that quit is the less in tax revenue.<

true, and let us not forget that they use the smoking tax to pay for child health care. You know that they will never cut back on that. They will just have to find another source of income to tax to pay for it.

When will it all end?