Why the Soda Tax May Drive Some to Drink

[uscitizen]

Tax fast food based on fat content.

 

[Gem]

Why stop at fast food?

 

[uscitizen]

Why stop at fast food?

all prepared foods would be fine with me.

However do not tax the individual ingredients.
Tax the finished product.

A no value added tax?

 

[namvet]

and a special tax on this​

 

[uscitizen]

Yep sugar and fat.
So Barney Fwanks and Rush will be taxed more.

 

[namvet]

It is pop not soda!

its soda pop

 

[LibocalypseNow]

"Soda Tax?" Yea the Socialists really have lost it at this point. Yes lets punish average working families for the corrupt Socialist politicians destroying our nation. It's not enough to steal their hard-earned money and give it to numerous corrupt corporate a*sholes i guess. Now they have to invent absurdities like "Soda Taxes?" Come on America,rise up and give the Socialists the boot once and for all! Make 2010 count people!

 

[Mr Natural]

Tax fast food based on fat content.

No, tax the consumer of the fast food according to their weight.

Here's how it would work:

Install scales in the floor in front of the counter of the fast-food establishment to weigh the customer and use a laser device to measure height. Now, through the magic of computers, calculate the two values and send the resulting signal to the electronic "menu" board where the diners' price for the selected items would be updated and posted.

So if a weight challanged individual orders a Big Mac with Super-Sized Fries and a large chocolate shake and finds out it's going to cost him $50 bucks, maybe he (or she) will opt for the salad with a bottle of water.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

How bout we just dump the inept Socialists instead? What a sad disaster. "Soda Tax?" My God,what's next?

 

[VaYank5150]

"Soda Tax?" Yea the Socialists really have lost it at this point. Yes lets punish average working families for the corrupt Socialist politicians destroying our nation. It's not enough to steal their hard-earned money and give it to numerous corrupt corporate a*sholes i guess. Now they have to invent absurdities like "Soda Taxes?" Come on America,rise up and give the Socialists the boot once and for all! Make 2010 count people!

Why not? You assholes don't seem to have a problem with all of the taxes we smokers pay, right? So, fuck you. Here's to me! Drink up, Lardass.

 

[namvet]

"Soda Tax?" Yea the Socialists really have lost it at this point. Yes lets punish average working families for the corrupt Socialist politicians destroying our nation. It's not enough to steal their hard-earned money and give it to numerous corrupt corporate a*sholes i guess. Now they have to invent absurdities like "Soda Taxes?" Come on America,rise up and give the Socialists the boot once and for all! Make 2010 count people!

Why not? You assholes don't seem to have a problem with all of the taxes we smokers pay, right? So, fuck you. Here's to me! Drink up, Lardass.

they should tax your ass for the air you breath

 

[RodISHI]

"Soda Tax?" Yea the Socialists really have lost it at this point. Yes lets punish average working families for the corrupt Socialist politicians destroying our nation. It's not enough to steal their hard-earned money and give it to numerous corrupt corporate a*sholes i guess. Now they have to invent absurdities like "Soda Taxes?" Come on America,rise up and give the Socialists the boot once and for all! Make 2010 count people!

Why not? You assholes don't seem to have a problem with all of the taxes we smokers pay, right? So, fuck you. Here's to me! Drink up, Lardass.

they should tax your ass for the air you breath

The Greenies will be doing that.

Come on folks break this chain of stupidity!

 

[Vel]

Why stop at fast food?

all prepared foods would be fine with me.

However do not tax the individual ingredients.
Tax the finished product.

A no value added tax?

Nope.. let's just tax it all because once you take the individual ingredients and put them together, they're still contributing to obesity. And then we can tax risky behavior like driving.. biking.. rock climbing...oh..oh.. and don't forget..too LITTLE exercise should be taxed too. T.V watching.. web surfing... just think..

 

[VaYank5150]

"Soda Tax?" Yea the Socialists really have lost it at this point. Yes lets punish average working families for the corrupt Socialist politicians destroying our nation. It's not enough to steal their hard-earned money and give it to numerous corrupt corporate a*sholes i guess. Now they have to invent absurdities like "Soda Taxes?" Come on America,rise up and give the Socialists the boot once and for all! Make 2010 count people!

Why not? You assholes don't seem to have a problem with all of the taxes we smokers pay, right? So, fuck you. Here's to me! Drink up, Lardass.

they should tax your ass for the air you breath

The air I "breath"? Really? I mean REALLY?

 

[VaYank5150]

Why stop at fast food?

all prepared foods would be fine with me.

However do not tax the individual ingredients.
Tax the finished product.

A no value added tax?

Nope.. let's just tax it all because once you take the individual ingredients and put them together, they're still contributing to obesity. And then we can tax risky behavior like driving.. biking.. rock climbing...oh..oh.. and don't forget..too LITTLE exercise should be taxed too. T.V watching.. web surfing... just think..

Dare I say "Message Board typing"?

 

[CurveLight]

It is pop not soda!

I grew up in a fucked world that tried to teach me that and I got the hell out of that backwater less than two weeks after high school. I was glad. And it turns out, the rest of the world did have bathrooms inside their homes! (okay, so not the entire rest of the world...)

I think it's funny as hell how the government tries to use "concern" as a way to justify an indefensible tax increase. Nobody gives a fuck about obesity. It just sounds good to squeeze more money out of us.

 

[JAVSnyc]

I like Coke as a product and a company. Coca-Cola was the first major American company to be head by a minority, a Hispanic. Next time you admire a Norman Rockwell painting or have your child sitting on Santa's lap, thank Coke. As a charitable company, Coca-Cola has given millions in donations and supplies in times of crisis, like the recent disaster in Haiti. Heck, a man trapped in a collapsed convenience store in Haiti survived thanks to a supply of Coke. The Cold War thankfully was not won with tanks, guns and nukes, but with a cheeseburger and a Coca-Cola.

Concerning Governor Paterson’s proposed soda tax and the absurd justification behind it. I dislike when my tax dollars are use in the name of bad science. Soda has been around since 1265. (Unfortunately, I can't post a direct, but do your own research. Love that Wikipedia too!)

The obesity problem has been what, a problem of the last 2 or 3 decades. Do the math. Consumption isn't the issue, the lack of physical activity is. It doesn't matter what you eat, celery and vitamin pill or a chicken wing with gravy. If you don't get off the couch, you will suffer from bad health.

It offends me that some politician is planning to tax my freedom of choice in the name of a problem he will do nothing to solve. The evaluation of Governor Paterson’s soda tax really comes down to one question. How much of those soda tax dollars will fund physical exercise programs vs. pet projects to keep the politicians in office?

Coca-Cola has contributed more to this nation then they are given credit for. Next time you admire a Norman Rockwell painting or have your child sitting on Santa's lap, thank Coke. As a charitable company, Coca-Cola has given millions in donations and supplies in times of crisis, like the recent disaster in Haiti. The Cold War thankfully was not won with tanks, guns and nukes, but with a cheeseburger and a Coca-Cola.

 

[uscitizen]

Wii will fix the obesity problem

those Wii commercials are just plain wrong on several levels.

 

[JAVSnyc]

I rather enjoy the Wii set up. It is a bit more physical active then traditional game platforms. It lends itself to a party atmosphere. Back in the day, I enjoyed throwing Captain'n'Coke DDR parties at my frat house. Friends, drinking and dancing much better then a wanker LAN party.

Any excuse to do the electric slide is well horrific in it's own right, but lots of fun with friends

 

[uscitizen]

All gather around the tube for quality time.

Or was that gather at a fast food joint for quality family time?