SF Considers a Tax on Sugary Drinks

KCBS ^ | Dec. 17, 2007 | Holly Quan

[gaijin]

OK, so permitting people the legal freedom to orally drink *THIS LIQUID* is unhealthy in SF, and it ends up being raising health care costs...?!!!!

Re-read that, bearing SF demographics in mind.

[Eric Blair 2084]

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[outofstyle]

The Lavender Mafia has a powerful lobby.

You said it man! This is surreal. What do you think the "social cost" of obesity caused by soft drinks is compared to that of the the SF lifestyle?

[JustaDumbBlonde]

What is with all of this incremental stuff? I mean, geez, just go ahead and tax every damn thing that lives, breathes, moves, reproduces, eats, sleeps, craps, drives, walks, flies, crawls, buys, sells, barters, dies, goes into a coma, .....

[goldstategop]

The Nanny State now wants to ban your Pepsi.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Mears]

Good !

Now maybe they will leave the smokers alone (but I wouldn’t bet on it).

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Ahhh, Nanny State! How would we survive without you?

[LukeL]

Will taste better that way, or better yet maybe use honey. A local brewery makes an awesome rootbeer with honey, beats any corn syrup drink any day.

[Gabz]

I say We told you so.................but

WE TOLD YOU SO.

[TigersEye]

I have to wonder just how far the Commies in SF will go.

If they'd just go west they wouldn't have to go far. ; )

[Eric Blair 2084]

Somebody we know once said, paraphrasing...”The gypsy who welcomes the Nazis for ridding him of his Jew neighbor is a pathetic fool. So is the non smoking drinker or eater who welcomes the heavy hand of the state for ridding him of the smelly smoker in the bar. They are the next passenger on the boxcar.”

[TigersEye]

I drank diet coke and............you don’t want to know.

I hate to say it now but ... a few years ago I read that articial sweeteners stimulate the appetite. You may not be getting any calories from the diet soda but your increased appetite will cause you to eat more calories from other things than you would have gotten from a regular soda.

[Eric Blair 2084]

But what about the chilluns?

[gidget7]

“Still, it couldn’t possibly compare to what it costs to treat those who are deliberately spreading AIDS. “

If only it were ONLY AIDS, there are a multitude of other medical problems caused by their perverted lifestyles, that ALL of them will get, even if those medical problems don’t progress into auto immune diseases. And they have to be treated for those repeatedly. Homosexuals are the biggest drain on the health care industry, bar none! They exceed in cost and care, and death, all other medical issues combined.

[Enterprise]

True! But this is how these frauds justify the perversion. You remember of course the commercials saying “We’re all at risk” which tried to make us feel that non gays too might get, or spread aids. This is the same type of outrageous tactic. Instead of taking aim at the gays, they pick a helpless target - obese children.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Let me summarize what is OK and Not OK in the New World Order of Uber Liberal social engineers...

OK.........

Not OK..............

Any questions?

[gidget7]

Correct, and if they would let the kids have recess and actually run around, play tag, dodge ball etc, they wouldn’t be fat, chances are! Cutting soda certainly won’t fix it. They also should put home ec back int he curriculum, so kids grow up able to make something except mac and cheese and hamburger helper.

[torchthemummy]

Wow that article was so indepth I almost didn’t make it to the end.

Basically this is a feeler that unfortunately will probably become an actual reality. How long until any product that is deemed to add body mass to any overweight kid is taxed? Insanity.

[Alamo-Girl]

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[mysterio]

The war against overeaters continues, as predicted by smokers.