First off, there are numerous studies that indicate people drink a diet soda in order to *save calories* and thus allow themselves an additional Big Mac, double the fries, four tacos instead of two, etc. If they are going to tax soda based on the idea it is a obesity-inducing product, they ought to include taxing diet soda as well.
But the logic is faulty -- not EVERYONE who drinks what someone with an agenda considers *unhealthy* increases his weight, causes a health burden to taxpayers. Not EVERYONE who eats high calorie food has difficulty. Why are they limiting the sugar-consumption to soda, why not cookies/Hostess cakes/candy? Are we to tax eggs then, the cholesterol problem they are said to cause some? Butter next, whole milk?
The thing about a soda tax, it does not strike at the adults in this nation, children of all ages purchase canned/bottled soft drinks every day.
That in turn means the government will have to pay more for health care.
Not in a nation where FREEDOM rules, Government isn't to be paying for this service, the individual does. Because too many people have bought into the fallacy that the federal government ought to be paying for health services, once more, FREEDOM is being tossed.
I didn’t say I agree with the logic; I’m just saying that’s likely the rationale the liberals are using.
I don’t support national health care. I do support providing health care to those who can’t afford it, as my mom’s cousin just passed away because he was unable to get heart surgery after being laid off. He didn’t tell anyone, and he died of a massive heart attack.