Posted on 12/17/2007 9:17:23 AM PST by jdm
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- For years, the idea of taxing soda to beat back obesity has been tossed around in medical circles. But now, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is proposing a tax on beverages high in fructose corn syrup.
Newsom says obesity accounts for tens of millions of dollars in city health care costs. He cites a recent San Francisco Health Department survey that found nearly a quarter of the city's 5th, 7th and 9th graders were overweight and that high sugar drinks make up a tenth of a kid's daily calorie count.
Newsom reportedly wants all big box retailers and chain drug stores to pay into his new "Shape up San Francisco" program, which started this past summer with a walking regimen.
This comes as the state of California is considering slapping caffeine-infused sodas, and energy drinks with warning labels, saying consumption can contribute to diabetes.
Re-read that, bearing SF demographics in mind.
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We the People Sheeple of the United States Nanny State, in Order to form a more perfect Union Socialist Utopia, establish Justice Socially engineer a country of non smoking, physically fit, tea totallers, insure domestic Tranquility Smoking bans in bars, limits on unhealthy food and social drinking, provide for the common defense Universal Healthcare, promote the general Welfare health of the population whether they like it or not, in order to save above mentioned Universal Healthcare entitlement program from bankruptcy, and secure the Blessings of Liberty Dependency to ourselves progressive liberals and our Posterity Hitler Youth who we brainwash through public school education, do ordain decree and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Nanny State of Liberals.
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?
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, .....
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Good !
Now maybe they will leave the smokers alone (but I wouldn’t bet on it).
Ahhh, Nanny State! How would we survive without you?
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.
I say We told you so.................but
WE TOLD YOU SO.
If they'd just go west they wouldn't have to go far. ; )
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.”
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.
But what about the chilluns?
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.
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.
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Not OK..............
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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.
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The war against overeaters continues, as predicted by smokers.
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