I wouldn't consider soda, food.
Me, neither.
So what?
Allowing the government to get it's nose under that tent is a tragic mistake.
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I wouldn't consider soda, food.
That is such a politically correct statement. Are you saying that poor people can't control their impulses too? People can make their own choices. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy sodas.
Hey does anyone want to invest in a chain of pop stores? We can open them up on the border of NY and make a fortune selling tax free soda
I live in NY and the state needs money. I'd rather they tax things like soda and cigarettes instead of other taxes that people cannot avoid.
BTW, I get taxed for my haircuts. Which is more necessary than my Diet Coke.
Me politically incorrect? Noooooo!That is such a politically correct statement. Are you saying that poor people can't control their impulses too? People can make their own choices. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy sodas.
Then taxing everything except fruits vegetables and meat is OK with you?.
Yet they increased welfare by 30%...
eliminate the entitlement.. eliminate the need for more $$$
Then taxing everything except fruits vegetables and meat is OK with you?.
so then it's just a matter of time before your hair length determines your greater tax? You don't need anything but a bald pate, really... Hell, if you want more than peach fuzz then you should throw some cash at your broke ass state, eh?
These are reasons that I am glad I live in the midwest. this kind of liberalism is the same kind of danger for dems as dogma junkies are to republicans.
Totally.
Let's not give the government still more control over our individual liberties, shall we?
Enough is enough.
Taxing food is PURE EVIL.
Telling people what they can or cannot take into their own bodies is PURE EVIL.
Me politically incorrect? Noooooo!
No what I'm saying is that the tax is aimed at the people who can affordit least, poor people. But soda is a legal substance, you does gubamint want to say it's bad and tax it? Because they know that the poor people won't defend themselves as vigorously as the rich. The poor are easy targets.
In D.C. the fares for public transportation are going up. Who does that effect more? The poor that's who. Who can afford it the least? The poor.
If Liberals actually cared about the poor, they would work to lower the cost of living as much as they can rather than increase it as they do with taxes.
That explains your narrow-mindedness.
BUT we should let the Government Illegally Nationalize every aspect of Health Care? Right? Your opinion is meaningless here since you already forfeited your right to complain about anything the Government may or may not do.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/nyregion/17sugartax.html?ref=nyregion
They're calling it an "Obesity Tax."
I guess, then, we can expect even a new tax on, sugar itself, all junk foods, whole milk, and anything not 'light', eh?..