[NormsRevenge]

Uhh, No.

lots of parcel taxes around too..

No. No. No. No. .. No.

[taxtruth]

Problem,they never get the $$$!

[sr4402]

Chance are the Politically Correct ban on sugary drinks would take effect and much far less than 1.7 billion would be collected.

Do you imagine they took either the effect of the tax or political correctness into account when they came up with this figure?

[samtheman]

idiots

[SZonian]

CA schools need EDUCATION programs, not health programs.

[NormsRevenge]

(’Ve must do it to uhhh.. for ze children.. Jaa.’)

Yeah, Right. always for the children.. and the unions.

[piytar]

Idiots. Just can’t grasp that when you raise a tax on something, you get less of it. Won’t raise near that much, but would kill a decent number of jobs.

Again, idiots...

[American Quilter]

The Nanny State advances...

[kingu]

Every can of softdrink is already taxed 11 cents (10 cents for the ‘deposit’ which you'll never see again, and 1 cent tax on the tax, which to me is the height of hubris...) So they want to more than double the existing special taxes on a can of soda from 11 cents to 23 cents, or a little higher if they make this tax also taxable.

For a 2 liter bottle that only has 11 cents tax already, they're going to add at least 67 cents in tax atop that. And I'm sure the plan is to toss this tax on fountain served drinks as well, making that 44 ounce soda half a buck more expensive.

All to give to...schools? The place that outlaws tag, forbids running, and dumbed down every single playground? Will this bring back actual gym in schools? Nope, nope, it's for education classes... Which obviously aren't working in the first place, but if we give it a heck of a lot more money, it'll be just a-okay. Really, we won't use that money to pad our union slush funds...

The tax is stupid, the supposed benefit of the tax is useless, and maybe the answer isn't making kids sit in one place for 8 hours a day... Just a thought there. Here, have another strawberry flavored milk, with twice the carbs as a soda! It's healthy, and school approved.

[itsahoot]

most of it going toward health-related programs for children.

More likely new cars for the legislators, or some other bennie.

[jeffc]

California, huh? Let's see them tax movie tickets to raise revenue and see if the Hollyweird elite bellyache about it; can't have their own ox gored, I'll bet.

Will they at least charge the higher tax at the refreshment counter, or will the liberal elite movie makers get an exemption for that?

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

If a 2-liter bottle of Coke sells for $1.49, as it often does:

A penny tax on each of the 68 ounces would raise the price by 46%. A penny tax on cheaper, non-name brands, would do even more damage. You can often find a 99 cent special on those. Adding 68 cents would increase the price by 68%. For the children.

[ez]

If you think that the kids and health care will get the money, I have a bridge for sale. Never trust a politician to do what he says he’s gonna do. The NYS thruway was only supposed to be a toll road until the construction was paid off. RIGHT.

[NonValueAdded]

I know a great way around the law once it is enacted. I’m gonna be rich!!!

[Doc Savage]

To the nitwit who wrote this dreck: All taxes go into the General Fund from which all is spent on meaningless liberal feel-good projects which are worthless. Schools and children’s health programs will NEVER see a dime of that money, and you can BANK on it stupid!

[Red Badger]

CA: Proposed soda tax would raise $1.7 billion statewide for schools and children's health programs

I you ban sodas or people stop drinking them, what good is it?.....

[poobear]

No, the money will go to a new bureaucracy to regulate, collect and report the taxes. Maybe a slim .0025% will go to the intended source. The rest will go to the deficit.

IT'S OVER CALI!

[TMD]

How ‘bout if we start a state lottery with all the money going to help the schools.....oh, wait we did that 20 years ago....Argh!

[USMCPOP]

I think I’m in the clear. My beverage of choice only says “Choicest hops, rice and best barley malt”. Veganweiser. :)

[VideoDoctor]

I still haven't figured out WHY everything that has anything to do with "for the children" involves charging the tax payers for it.

How long before we institute a tax, on the tax, so we can even "help the children" more.

[pogo101]

No, no, no. Cut spending.

By the way, this will NOT necessarily exempt “diet” sodas. Aspartame and splenda and saccharine all ARE “caloric,” just low in calories for the amount of added sweetness. (If you want to get technical about it, some of them are HIGHER in calories than sugar ... just many hundreds or thousands of times sweeter, so only a tiny fraction of the sugar-equivalent is needed.)