[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.

[Thunder90]

I heard that they also want to raise the CRV in California again...

[sheana]

http://www.sodastreamusa.com/store.aspx?gclid=CK2GvfS7rqgCFQtPgwod7lGGHQ

I had been thinking of buying one of these anyway. Have a feigned that has one and loves it.

[sheana]

Darn iPad. Friend.