sounds like the soda industry didn’t ante up their extortion money this quarter..... uh oh....
I drink Coke I am not fat. Why tax everyone when the people overweight could cut back on what they drink and actually exercise instead of plopping down in front the TV.
The list, ping
So could raising the gasoline tax by $5.00 a gallon because we would likely have to walk a lot more...but just because something “might” happen, does not mean it should happen.
Obamacare is not about healthcare, it is really about finding new ways to tax various groups in the name of “preventvie health”.
Outright farce.
Let’s tax earwax while we’re at it.
That’ll buy healthcare for all of us, sho nuff’.
How about a dress size tax?
Burger tax?
French fry tax?
Milk shaketax?
Beef Jerky tax?
Hot dog tax?
Taco tax?
Beer tax?
Extra helping surcharges?
Just a matter of time folks...
Geez I’m going to be up to my ears in taxes...I guess Monday thru Thursday I work for the Gov’t and Friday I get to keep my earnings?? Taxing my Soda’s..my Beer...what’s next??
Okay all you anti smoking freeper fanatics, your turn.....
Ameria = a nation where most people when given a choice, would elect someone like Obama.
What’s up with that?
Why not just pass a donut tax and get all the police against this?
These politicians are such hypocrites. They use protectionism to keep US sugar prices artificially high, so us, the consumers, wind up paying more for sugar and good that use sugar in them. They subsidize the US sugar industry with ourtax dollars.
They then want to tax us again for actually buying products that contain sugar in them.
One Congressional hand up it’s own a$$, the other one punching itself in the face. They are insane.
Kinda like an “income tax” discourages income?
Kinda like a “business tax” kills off businesses?
Kinda like a “sales tax” lowers sales?
More “Yes we can” and “hope and change”.....pathetic.
I am not sure if this is the way to go, but...the number of obese kids is shocking. As a college professor, I see more than my share of ‘em. When you talk to some of them, they swear up and down they eat right and try to exercise. My gut tells me its not just eating habits at work here. Something is very wrong with these kids—not sure if its genetic, behavioral or something in the food supply. Or perhaps all of the above.
I’ve posted this elsewhere, but Frieden has a long history of this sort of thing. When he was NYC health commissioner, he made it *mandatory* for doctors to report their diabetic patients’ blood glucose results to the city Department of Health. The city would then track the patient’s ongoing status, and contact them if it appeared said patients were apparently not following the proper diet/medication/etc. plan.
Here’s some more about Dr. Frieden:
http://www.activistcash.com/biography.cfm/bid/3614
The guy fits right in with 0bama’s health care proposals. Yeesh!
And they're going to do what exactly with all that money?
This (like all fast food taxes) won't affect the elites, who get their calories from French pastries and a good Sauterne at a swank restaurant. And buy their untaxed calories at Whole Foods.
Obesity?
They are going about this all wrong.
Soda bubbles = CO2. Carbon dioxide. We belch tons of it chugging Pepsi (or Coke). Diet or Sugared. It makes no difference.
We are killing our planet to enrich the Soda Executives!
Strip them of pay and bonuses.
Put them down.
SAVE THE PLANET.
(Look for my next rant on the evils of Beer).
If they taxed stupidity in D.C., all of those fools would be destitute.