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(NY) Governor Paterson proposes 'Obesity Tax,' a tax on non-diet sodas
NY Daily News ^ | December 15, 2008 | GLENN BLAIN and KENNETH LOVETT

Posted on 12/15/2008 9:52:33 AM PST by presidio9

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1 posted on 12/15/2008 9:52:35 AM PST by presidio9
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NY needs a stupidity tax ... they could generate trillions from Manhattan alone.


2 posted on 12/15/2008 9:54:44 AM PST by mgc1122
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To: presidio9; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Darksheare; pissant; najida; r-q-tek86; blackie; ...

WHAT A CROCK OF CRAP...PING!!


3 posted on 12/15/2008 9:54:52 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.)
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Paterson also hopes to make it easier for people to enroll in Medicaid by eliminating face-to-face interviews and fingerprinting requirements.

Now there's a cost-cutting measure, for sure...

4 posted on 12/15/2008 9:55:00 AM PST by snarks_when_bored
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Can’t this guy SEE that people do not want more taxes?


5 posted on 12/15/2008 9:55:04 AM PST by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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Maybe they should do the tax on the other end...like a liposuction tax.


6 posted on 12/15/2008 9:55:35 AM PST by Slapshot68
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This article is so infused with liberalese, I don’t know where to start.


7 posted on 12/15/2008 9:55:57 AM PST by Graybeard58
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Is no one else wary of the nasty chemicals used to sweeten diet drinks?

I always have an unpleasant aftertaste if I try one of those.

8 posted on 12/15/2008 9:56:02 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
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Amazing...........and just yesterday I was asked why I never had any desire to move back to NY.


9 posted on 12/15/2008 9:56:06 AM PST by Gabz (Is a sarcasm tag really needed?)
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A tax on anyone with the last name of Paterson!


10 posted on 12/15/2008 9:56:23 AM PST by Dallas59 (Not My President)
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Especially ridiculous in light of health problems related to diet drinks.

Still waiting for a sudden outbreak of sanity...


11 posted on 12/15/2008 9:56:26 AM PST by PreciousLiberty
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Yes, he’d prefer everyone get diabetes from artificial sweeteners.


12 posted on 12/15/2008 9:57:08 AM PST by hedgetrimmer
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Someone is showing him upside down charts!
13 posted on 12/15/2008 9:57:10 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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The good news is that this won't be going national any time soon. There are still a lot of liberal politicians who have no intention of getting behind any obesity tax.

14 posted on 12/15/2008 9:58:47 AM PST by presidio9 (Islam Is As Islam Does)
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Yup........tax the people while they are down. Really helps the country. All they are doing is insuring their own salaries.


15 posted on 12/15/2008 9:58:55 AM PST by RC2
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Amazing...........and just yesterday I was asked why I never had any desire to move back to NY.

As a refugee from the People's Demorkratik Worker's Paradise of New York, it is hard for me to imagine why someone would pose such a silly question...

16 posted on 12/15/2008 9:59:04 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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“Lord, please save and deliver me from the do-gooders!”


17 posted on 12/15/2008 9:59:08 AM PST by JulienBenda (Youth-wasted on the young. Any doubters?)
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Hmm...so we hassle merchants and tax soda, but not calorie-filled coffee drinks and sugary juice. Maybe we should tax fat slobs for offending my aesthetic sensibility as I walk down te street? Better yet, how about a tax on liberal stupidity?


18 posted on 12/15/2008 9:59:17 AM PST by Callahan
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Funny... every fatso I see orders diet soda... like it somehow makes up for all the rest of their over eating.


19 posted on 12/15/2008 10:00:56 AM PST by Chet 99
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IMO this kind of stuff is just arrogance on his part. He should consider himself lucky that he hasn’t inherited a weight problem.

Obviously the only fat he’s got is between his ears.


20 posted on 12/15/2008 10:01:06 AM PST by hoe_cake (" 'We the people' tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us." Ronald Reagan)
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