I caught something on the news earlier about a tax in New York that is taxing obesity by levying a tax of 15 - 18% on sodas. WTF? I knew that they would get around to it. Me and my mom talked years ago about when the ciggarettes were no longer bringing in the bucks for them they would go after junk food and lo and behold here we are! The New York “sugar sweetened beverage tax” that is aimed at keeping people from getting fat. The guy on the TV said something about justifying this with “If people just drink one less soda….” And while they said something about taxing people for going to the gym (talk about taxing you twice!), they said that children don’t go to the gym, so they need to tax soda so the kids won’t drink so much soda, which is bad for them.
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