Soda Tax Weighed to Pay for Health Care

Wall Street Journal ^ | May 11 | Janet Adamy

[pillut48]

Howzabout a tax on congress as a whole and also individual congresspersons EVERY single time they make STUPID decisions and pass STUPID laws that turn out to be anti-American in the long run?? Throw SCOTUS in there and tax the fire out of them too!

We’d bypass HolyO’s earned multi-trillion dollar deficit in a heartbeat, with a boatload of $$$$$$$$$$$ left over to mail to the American people for a REALLY free stimulus payment of $10,000 each! ;-)

[DadOfFive]

And how is this not considered a tax on the middle class? I guess soda = tea.

[toast]

They should just get to the point and tax large sized clothing.

Anything labeled large, xlarge, xxlarge, etc... gets a 10% per X tax.
Mens pants larger than 36” waistband have to pay also.
Womens sizes larger than 6 also taxed.
Also expect standards to be issued on clothing manufacturers size labeling.

Why pussyfoot around with food. Lets get to what is really bothering the libs.

[ponygirl]

Seriously, switch to diet soft drinks if you can...

Diet soft drinks are ten times worse for you than than the regular ones. They severely tilt the pH balance of the body, causing your body to have to work harder and faster to clear the stuff out of your system and rebalance. Next time you are at the grocery store and see a morbidly obese person shopping (either leaning on their cart like a walker or sitting in one of those electric carts) - look in their basket. Nine times out of ten there will be a crate of diet soda in there.

Overweight Risk Soars 41% with Each Daily Can of Diet Soft Drink

[angelcindy]

I’m so sick of all these TAXES!!!!!!!!! ok now its time for a tea party 2!!!!!

[pillut48]

Google “TEA PARTIES”—people ARE doing something on a grassroots level, despite HolyO and the MSM mocking these American citizens for exercising their First Amendment rights!!

Memorial Day, 4th of July—they’ll be here soon!

(PS: Do NOT google ‘tea bagging’, HolyO’s/the MSM’s/Liberals VERY VERY disgusting arrogant mocking of these brave everyday Americans, you will be disgusted as I was too when I learned what it was a nickname for). >:-(

[GraceG]

>> They should just get to the point and tax large sized clothing.

Anything labeled large, xlarge, xxlarge, etc... gets a 10% per X tax.
Mens pants larger than 36” waistband have to pay also.
Womens sizes larger than 6 also taxed.
Also expect standards to be issued on clothing manufacturers size labeling.

Why pussyfoot around with food. Lets get to what is really bothering the libs. <<

They day they do this is the day I start sewing my own damn clothing!

[Dixie Yooper]

Has anyone ever seen Obama eat bacon?

I saw news coverage of him eating some $100/lb deli ham in Philly during his campaign.

[ducks1944]

So right all we need to do is read Bible it is all coming to pass. We will soon lose our Bibles because we never stood up to all the right our Congress has taken from us one by one.
I dont smoke but I knew when most thought it was OK go after smoker it was only the start of what we now see in this country. Now taxing soda is big deal and what will be next?????

[kcvl]

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is the undisputed leader among America’s “food police.” CSPI was founded in 1971 by current executive director Michael Jacobson, and two of his co-workers at Ralph Nader’s Center for the Study of Responsive Law. Since then, CSPI’s joyless eating club has issued hundreds of high-profile—and highly questionable—reports condemning soft drinks, fat substitutes, irradiated meat, biotech food crops, French fries, and just about anything that tastes good.

CSPI fancies itself a “watchdog” group but behaves more like an attack dog, savaging restaurants, disparaging adults’ food choices, and discouraging even moderate alcohol consumption. It famously dubbed fettuccine alfredo a “heart attack on a plate.” Its nutrition nags encourage the public to “just say no” to fried mozzarella as though it were an illegal drug.

CSPI’s self-anointed “experts” also encourage “a whole lot of lawsuits” against fast-food restaurants (the group says it is “looking at tobacco as a model”), mostly because they see legal action as leverage to enact all the restrictions on food they have long supported.

CSPI also has a bias against meat and dairy. Jacobson, himself a vegetarian, wrote in an issue of CSPI’s Nutrition Action Healthletter that proper nutrition “means eating a more plant-based diet …

In keeping with his personal vegetarianism, Jacobson quietly sits on the advisory board of the “Great American Meatout,” an annual event operated by the animal rights zealots at the Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM).

CSPI gets over 70 percent of its income from subscriptions to its monthly Nutrition Action Healthletter. Accordingly, much of what it promotes as “science” is often geared more toward selling subscriptions than providing wise counsel.

CSPI regularly perverts science for the sake of a scary press release

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

The real problem is that for every one of us here who value freedom, there are many other lazy ones who would rather the government take care of them.

Do you realize what an easy sell this soda tax is? For only three cents per can of soda, you can have FREE health care.

Now, we may realize that these deals with the devil are slowly robbing us of our liberty, but the real enemy is the lazy and thoughtless American as well as the opportunistic politicians. Sadly, too many people have a sort of lottery mentality- that for only pennies, they can receive many dollars in benefits from the government. And in their way of thinking, they may pay a little, but the rich guy pays a lot more, so it's a fair deal.

We are becoming a warehoused society.

[ducks1944]

If you think you are left out just it will hit you soon.

[Gay State Conservative]

Perhaps a crack tax should be instituted.That way Hussein,too,could help pay for health care.

[Shaun_MD]

Wow. And the government didn’t even kiss me first.

[Aloysius88]

I’m gonna have to figure out how to make my own I guess.

[Concho]

Not necessarily so. If you buy cardboard oatmeal then expect it to taste so. If you fix steel cut oats which you can purchase in bulk very inexpensively, and flavor it with honey or sorghum and fruit and nuts, then you have a very balanced and nutritious meal.

[leapfrog0202]

Thanks for correcting me. I misunderstood Glenn’s post.

Glenn, I apologize.

[Shaun_MD]

That will be the day when I raise a black flag and start taking heads as trophies.

[ExSoldier]

The Tax Poem:

At first we thought this was funny...then we realized the awful truth of it.
Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule.

Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat.

Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries, then tax his tears.

Tax all he has Then let him know That you won't be done Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers, Then tax him some more, Tax him till He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in Which he's laid.

Put these words upon his tomb, "Taxes drove me to my doom..."

When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Excise Taxes
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Gross Receipts Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Personal Property Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge Tax
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax (In 43 states)
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes
Telephone Minimum m Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

The power to tax is the power to DESTROY. Our government is proving this reality right now. How long will we allow this abomination to continue?

[KarlInOhio]

Early estimates put the cost of the plan at around $1.2 trillion. The administration has so far only earmarked funds for about half of that amount. [ snip ] The Congressional Budget Office, which is providing lawmakers with cost estimates for each potential change in the health overhaul, included the option in a broad report on health-system financing in December. The office estimated that adding a tax of three cents per 12-ounce serving to these types of sweetened drinks would generate $24 billion over the next four years.

So, 3¢ per 12 oz serving gives $6 billion/year (assuming static analysis). If they need to come up with half of $1.2 trillion, they only need 100 times the 3 cent tax so that's $3 tax per soft drink. Of course, some people will be so unpatriotic [see Biden's definition of patriotism, not mine] as to cut back on their consumption so expect the final tax to be higher. And anyone selling carbonated water, caramel coloring and phosphoric acid will soon be treated as people who sell "roll your own" tobacco. Bags of raw sugar will have to be taxed at the same rate.