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ST Poll. I'm seeing ads saying "Tell Congess no taxes on soda and juice drinks" because it'll make it harder for families to feed their kids. Should

Posted by TWuG Oct 12 '09, 11:31

Congress tax those products?

I don't buy the "harder to feed the kids" logic. If you're feeding your kids *properly* then soda and juice *drinks* should be a minuscule portion of their diet.

I'm fine with higher taxes on those items.

Responses:

We need to raise income taxes for these wars we're fighting, but sure, I think I support this tax. -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 11:44
Would diet soda be taxed? -- nm - nubby Oct 12, 11:36 13
- I would assume so. It's not like it's better for you than regular soda. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:39 9
  - sure they are, in that they don't contain 150 nutritionless calories per can. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 11:41 7
    - instead they contain artificial chemicals. - znufrii Oct 12, 11:42 6
      - we just had the discussion the other day. Not proven in any meaningful manner. - Reagen Oct 12, 11:44
      - Your IM: Such as? -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 11:43 4
        
        Diet sodas give the illusion (to many) of being good for you. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:43 3
        
        no one should claim it's health food. But as an alternative to drinking the same amount of regular pop, it's better for you. - Reagen Oct 12, 11:46
        
        actually diet soda's are an illution to everyone - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:45
        
        I would never say my Cherry Coke Zero is good for me but it is significantly better for me than drinking sugared pop -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 11:45
  - well fewer calories IS in fact better for most people in the western world -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:40
- Eventually. -- nm - Dr.Vermin, on a slippery slope Oct 12, 11:37 1
  - becorse it contains Co2? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:37
- read my post -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:37
I don't think taxing the end product is really going to help. - znufrii Oct 12, 11:35 3
- Help what? Help fund the government? Because I think they'll do that just fine. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:38 2
  - I would think the stated poitn behind taxing unhealthy beverages would be to incentivise healthy consumer behaviors as much as raising revenue - znufrii Oct 12, 11:39 1
    - The point is to raise revenue. The tax will be so small that I doubt sales would see any impact at all. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:43
no - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:34 8
- What they *should* do is drop the stupid tarriffs on foreign sugar that are there just to protect one Florida family's sugar business. - TWuG Oct 12, 11:37 7
  - i think the idear is to make it *more* expecive to condume products with large amounts of sugar -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:39 5
    - That may be the rationale, but it's just an avenue to raise funds. - TWuG Oct 12, 11:41 4
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      - so nomatter what you do as a politician you're basically trying to f*ck the voter? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:44 2
        
        Only if she's cute! -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 11:45 1
        
        Palin explained? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:46
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Lets not get crazy. Coke is a necessity, not a luxery. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:34 3
- Yourdamnrightit'snotaluxuryspeakingofwhichyou hadatypoinyourpostdadyoushouldletmommydothepo stingshesbetteratitthanyou. (nm) - Logan, hopped up on caffeine Oct 12, 11:36 1
  - heh. He has smelled of it but I have yet to even let him taste it, for fear of him refusing all else. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:37
- luxery? luxury. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:35
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I'm not fine with the higher taxes, but their angle of attack is flawed imo. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:32 2
- /like/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 11:36 1
  - Course, if you're going to go down the road of taxing this stuff....actually do it to eliminate multiple problems. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:49

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