On 3/12/2013 10:34 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> I typically buy real cane sugar for cooking, but that's about the only
>> place I find it. I'm on a strawberry soda kick, right now, but it
>> will be short lived, as I'm not really a big soda drinker, preferring
>> plain ice water as my primary all-day drink. I wouldn't mind a soda
>> tax, at all. It's would undoubtedly generate a lot of revemue.
>>
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>> nb
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> Why, because you don't drink much of it? I'm curious why people usually
> think it's ok to tax the other guy. I don't, not even on products that I
> seldomly use.
>
> Cheri

I must agree with you on this one, Cheri. Ultimately, even the non-soda
drinkers (of which I'm one) somehow wind up paying for this sort of
taxation. It's just another layer of tell us what to do. They pretend
it is about health. I don't believe you can regulate things like this.
Try to educate people about food choices, sure.

I said upthread, even if the ban on larger drink sizes went through,
anyone could just buy two of the smaller sodas. So what's the point of
all this folderol?

Jill