"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> nb
>>
>>
>> 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


I can't see a point either, sort of one of those "sounds good, means
nothing" type of things. I'm all for posting calorie counts/nutritional
information in plain view and things like that, and as you say *educate.*

Cheri