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Obama Floats Soda Tax
American Spectator ^
| 9.8.09 @ 9:20PM
| By John Kartch
Posted on 09/08/2009 9:31:04 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
In an interview with Men's Health published Monday, President Obama suggested that a tax on such items as soda and sugary drinks should be put on the table, saying "I actually think it's an idea that we should be exploring."
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Putting aside the fact a soda tax would violate Obama's central campaign promise not to raise "any form" of taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year, his statements indicate his support for use of the tax code as a tool to reward and punish certain behaviors as he sees fit.
This incident also reminds us of Obama's habit of giving a verbal head-fake to Americans' innate limited-government sentiments while simultaneously pushing to expand the role of government.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: healthcare; obama; soda; tax
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Try taxing TEA, Mr Obamunist
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:33:41 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Somebody should have notified the school kids of this before the speech.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:34:20 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
("People are idiots." -Thomas A. Caswell)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Another Obamatax on the 95% who won’t see their taxes raised.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:34:54 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(ObamaCare! When "natural causes" just isn't good enough!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; ...
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:35:04 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
The arrogant people who manifest such indulgences should be taxed. How dare they. /obama.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:35:37 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Soda and orange juice contain the same amount of sugar. Milk contains about 1/2 as much sugar, but it does contain sugar. Coffee and tea contain sugar when sugar is added to them. Otherwise, they do not.
How is this tax going to work, exactly? If I put a lump of sugar in my coffee, do I have to mail in a quarter or something?
To: Behind Liberal Lines
What ISN’T he going to tax?
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:37:35 PM PDT
by
FrogMom
(No such thing as an honest democrat!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:39:52 PM PDT
by
ChiMark
To: FlyingEagle
Soda is today what Tea was back when.
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:42:45 PM PDT
by
tired1
(When the Devil eats you there's only one way out.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I guess only rich people making more than 250k drink soda.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:43:53 PM PDT
by
NotSoModerate
(Report dissenters to snitch@whitehouse.gov for a $4,500 tax credit)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK," Obama said. He's doing if for "the other countries".
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:43:56 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(ObamaCare! When "natural causes" just isn't good enough!)
To: FlyingEagle
I was going to suggest he tax beer, but I like your idea better.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:44:26 PM PDT
by
ntnychik
To: Orange1998
I really hope the maroon taxes everybody’s diet coke. That will finish him off.
To: Question Liberal Authority
I think you're onto something -- he needs to enact a Sugar Act! He could call it something catchy like "The American Revenue Act of 1764 2009." It worked really well once before, so Obama should reprise it. We should all start clamoring for a New Sugar Act right now. I expect we'd have the same outcome.
To: FlyingEagle
There’s ALREADY tax on soda...Ralph’s has had a sale on Diet Cokes the last two weeks...taxed...
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:49:03 PM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
("A community organizer can't start bitching when communities organize." - Rush, 8/5/09)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Go for it Obama. His pal Warren Buffett is a BIG shareholder in Coca Cola.
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:49:05 PM PDT
by
Frantzie
(Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck- American Heroes! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Is NOTHING sacred!? Don’t mess with my diet coke. I costs enough already.
Wonder if that’s going to be the next cigarette. “Oh, kids! Look at that naughty lady over there with her Diet Coke. Tsk! Tsk!”
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posted on
09/08/2009 9:50:04 PM PDT
by
RaiderRose
(Obama has cured my husband's political apathy.)
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