Tax on sodie pop

[shawndavid]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601124&sid=aHd62qwNQt6g

This rules. If the government wants to legislate personal decisions like pot smoking and rewards people for marrying, procreating and owning land, they should force people to contribute to the funding of future health problems associated with piss poor eating habits.

 

[Syrup Beaver]

You know bacon is next, and we won't stand for that.

 

[itburnswhenipee]

You already pay taxes on bacon in the form of farm subsidies.

subsidized swine seems silly sometimes

 

[Valve1138]

Fuck that shit.

May as well outlaw salt too and close all the fast food joints

In fact, just turn it into San Angeles like from the movie "Demolition Man"

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

This is fucking brilliant. Go go g'man.

 

[shawndavid]

May as well outlaw salt too and close all the fast food joints

Fast food joints should be taxed harder as well.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

omg shawndavid is such a SOCIALIST

run for your lives!

 

[Valve1138]

And how much of this tax revenue will go to health education so dumbfucks might have a clue that some things are bad to eat.

 

[plot]

yea, if they could show where the taxes went, i'd be more for it.

since none of the taxes will go to actually preventing eating shit... meh. just another bullshit moneygrab.

 

[Dory Berkowitz-Bukowski]

This thread made me go fetch a diet pepsi. No lie.

 

[Floptical]

Every soda I drink I'm already paying Dr. Pepper. That should count as going towards heathcare.

 

[JAXvillain]

I rarely drink soda anymore so no loss here

 

[Sarcasmo]

I haven't had a regular soda in years. I drink diet on occasion. Mostly beer, milk, and water. Sometimes all at once.

 

[plot]

its the plan to pay for public healthcare.


ITS WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED

 

[plot]

what about natural sugars like in juice?

 

[JAXvillain]

what about natural sugars like in juice?

pretty sure that wouldn't count

 

[snoogit]

shouldn't bottle deposits have the same effect then?

 

[JAXvillain]

shouldn't bottle deposits have the same effect then?

that's state monies

 

[snoogit]

that's state monies

I mean in reducing the amount of soda people purchase

 

[plot]

snoogs got a point.

also, fruit juices and shit are just as bad as soda cause people down tons of it. pretty easy to drink 2000calories in juice a day.