The green one is outstanding.
Posted on 08/23/2014 12:20:38 PM PDT by bamahead
Last month, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) proposed the SWEET Act, an excise tax on sweetened beverages. The tax, which has been billed as a national soda tax, would lay a one-cent duty on every teaspoon of sugar in soft drinks and other beverages. The proposal is intended "to curb obesity, diabetes, and the resulting health care costs."
Why is this a good idea?
“When a two-liter cola is 99 cents and blueberries are over three dollars, something has gone very wrong,” DeLauro told attendees.
For the record, a pint of blueberries contains more than 40g of sugar. That’s about as much sugar as you’ll find in a pint of soda.
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But the handful of soda tax supporters may be insulated from these facts, given the echo chamber in which they reside. For example, Rep. DeLauro publicly announced her intentions to introduce the tax during a videotaped appearance at the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s insiders-only “soda summit” in June, shortly before a New York State court sounded the death knell for New York City’s reviled soda ban. (The fact one New York City health department official who spoke at the “soda summit” described the city’s appeal as “critical for future efforts by the department to take action” can only be described as good news for those who think the city’s future efforts shouldn’t include such buffoonery.)
The CSPI summit was co-sponsored by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropic arm. DeLauro’s proposed tax is similar to a one-peso-per-liter tax that took effect this year in Mexico. That tax became law thanks to a $10 million donation from the same Bloomberg charity that co-sponsored the CSPI soda summit.
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We have had such a tax since 2009, here in Illinois. Now they want to add a national tax.
What’s next? Tax bread? Air?
Sort of. The Journal had a piece next week where certain groups want to tax red meat.
OOOOOOOOOOoooooo! Nightmares!
I’ve got an even better idea, since schools are in the government domain anyway, push to keep Physical Education classes in session every year of school. Personally, I think it was a great way to have fun and get introduced to various sports, and keep in decent shape, as I worked out over the summer to score better on my mile run the following year.
why should a person have to give up sugar and be forced to ingest artificial sweeteners?
/Naught
The Nazis are at it again. The idiots in this country just continue to let them get away with it. Freakin’ scumbag politicians TAXING US for our own good. It’s a wonder there are still any Brooklyn Bridges left out there to sell.
An obsevation while having a polish dog and soda while the wife shops at Costco..... < p>Have yet to see an overweight person get a diet soda from the drink dispenser. Skinny people, average weight people, slightly overweight people sometimes select diet drinks, but the real large ones never do?
Very true.
$5 dollar Orange crush?
FWIW, I think most European and Mexican sodas use sugar cane. Kosher Coke for Passover uses real sugar. It's healthier.
HFCS is ethanol for the body.
Jeez yer being a bit rough on ol Geddy Lee. LOL
Enough!! When will the people resist?
The green one is outstanding.
I used to drink Dr Pepper a lot, but the doctor told me I had high blood sugar, so I stopped. Now I drink diet green tea instead of water. My blood sugar plummeted and is now normal. Plus, green tea has a lot to recommend it healthwise. Win, win.
There is already a huge federal tax on sugar.
>> “ Now I drink diet green tea instead of water” <<
Suicide?
Does it have an artificial sweetener in it? Way worse than sugar!
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>> “why should a person have to give up sugar and be forced to ingest artificial sweeteners?” <<
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So you can die young, and facilitate UN Agenda 21.
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We don't have cheap sugar. Our sugar prices are artificially high due to price fixing by government.
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