The Soda Industry is crying a river about getting a taxed.

[madinmaryland]

So is it that critical to have one less litre of pepsi because of a new tax?

How much of that stuff is needed for you to survive.

:wtf:

[BrklynLiberal]

1. There should be a tax on EVERYTHING that contains high fructose corn syrup...

[madinmaryland]

3. Or at least remove the tax incentives to produce that stuff.

Yes. Tax the shit out of that crap.

[BrklynLiberal]

18. Could not agree more....

I went up to Canada to visit a friend and noticed that the look of the cans of CocaCola was slightly different. I brought a can home to see what the difference was...Guess what. They used sugar, not high fructose corn syrup in the soda up there. I wonder how many places allow the use of corn syrup the way the US does.

[Spider Jerusalem]

22. And why not on sugar as well?

High fructose corn syrup is merely a processed type of sugar, after all. It's the quantity, not the kind, of sugar that matters. High fructose corn syrup is pretty much unknown in the UK. Soft drinks and candies are sweetened with sugar (albeit beet sugar rather than cane sugar), and rates of obesity and overweight are nearly the same as in the US.

[Bigmack]

2. If you can afford that shit, you can afford the tax! nt

[Whisp]

4. no kidding. the ads make it sound like taking milk from a baby

fercripessakes.

get that junk out of the schools Entirely and tax the crap out of it. fucking poison.

[madinmaryland]

9. That's what pisses me off. It's not milk. It's garbage.

If it's such an issue, then buy a bottle or two less a month.

No biggie.

or is it?

[Lucy Goosey]

5. ...exactly.

That ad, the one with the woman talking at the camera about taxes on juice drinks and soda, makes me want to scream. She says something like, "it might only be pennies a bottle, but those pennies add up when you're trying to feed a family," which has made me say out loud to her, on more than one occasion, "If you have to count pennies to feed your family, don't fucking buy soda! It's not actually food! Buy brown rice and apples, or something like that!"

[Catshrink]

6. And she walks like a robot.

[gratuitous]

10. And she's soooo upset, she leaves her car trunk open

It's a good thing I don't have large, heavy objects handy when that stupid commercial comes on.

[doc03]

7. Just curious what is this tax for? n/t

[Greyhound]

8. Dealing SOME drugs is OK.

As long as the distribution network is controlled by the right sort of people, selling addictive substances at hugely inflated prices is just fine.

[Double T]

11. I don't need any soda/pop to survive.

This would be a good time to STOP drinking this overpriced tasteless rotgut liquid. Any of you think the soda flavor has been diluted or reduced in recent years as a means of increasing the soda manufacturer's bottom line. Sure doesn't taste like it used to! I said I would quit drinking the stuff when it hit a buck and know that it is approaching two bucks a bottle, it is really leaving more than a bad taste in my mouth. Soda has got to be one of the highest profit products made today; wall street and corporate anti-america be damned!

[paulsby]

21. it may be high profit

but it's hella cheap when bought in bulk. a lot cheaper than bottled water for instance

i drink metric assloads of diet soda

mostly caffeine free diet coke

when i'm in heavy training, i need to drink a LOT of fluid. soda, crystal light, water, electrolyte drink, are all part of my diet

[Statistical]

12. Fuck regressive taxes.

Need more money? Raise the income tax.

Be thankful I am not in charge. I would eliminate every single regressive tax (taxes on cellphones, taxes on gas, sales tax, tobacco tax, gun tax, sin tax, don't do this tax, this is bad tax). Screw all of them
Have the CBO calculate the amount of additional income tax needed to replace all that crap.... then RAISE THE DAMN INCOME TAX.

Start with +1% on 15% bracket, +2% on 25%, +4% on 28%, +6% on 33% etc.

It isn't like regressive taxes somehow make money out of air. It is the same money as progressive taxes it just hurts poor people more!
Some people on this board act like regressive taxes provide free blowjobs or cure cancer. Lets lets just call it what it is. "Fuck you for being poor tax".

[Warpy]

13. I have a lot of allergies, so tea and soda are about it

I make my own soda with a CO2 setup, either plain seltzer or flavored diet soda.

I'm wondering which parts will be taxed, the flavoring or the bubbles.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. I can't stand that commercial

with that concerned "mother" whining about the soda and juice drinks as if they're real FOOD. Just like all those other "man/woman in the street" ads talking about energy taxes being bad for the country, funded by the Petroleum Institute or some such. How stupid do they think we are?

[FirstLight]

15. ya, they need to get a grip

reminds me of Brawndo! and how they outlawed water because they bought up the rights to it.!!

assholes

[Angry Dragon]

16. Just 95% tax on Rich

leave the little people alone

[The Straight Story]

17. Tax and spend, guns are bad, religious people are evil,

The stereotype for some dems just writes themselves.

I can see the 2010 commercials now: Taxes on cigarettes went up - and hurt the poor, Soda tax goes up - hurts the poor, and now mandates for health insurance.

Can't we start taxing the rich instead? Oh wait, they are the ones writing the laws.

[BrklynLiberal]

19. Aha! You have discovered the hidden truth....

:evilgrin:

[MeSelf]

20. Need? How about want (a.k.a. freedom of choice)?

Who are these people coming to take our money? (Thinking as a business person - wouldn't you be a bit upset if they wanted more of your dough while you're trying to run a business?) Just food for thought... :)

[SoCalDem]

23. I laugh when the "blue hatchback" commercial is on

Mom takes out her 2-liter, badmouths the tax plan, and then leaves the hatchback car-door OPEN..goes into the house & closes the front door..

No wonder she's pissed about soda taxes.. they spend all their money on new car batteries

[Vinca]

24. If she's watching her lousy pennies she should be buying

fresh fruit, not sugary "juice drinks and sodas" anyway. Sheesh . . . you'd think crap was an official food group.

[Razoor]

25. I hate that commercial

I say tax sodas. maybe mom in the commercial will buy something better than sodas to drink for her family.

[KharmaTrain]

26. This Ad Is Backfiring...

As many of the posters here have already pointed out, these beverages have zero nutritional value and cause health problems. The tax is pennies per can...literal pocket change that would go to fund healthcare for millions who don't have it.

I've noticed a lot of negative press about this ad and the lobby behind it. The ad itself is annoying...the "angry lady" surely has her priorities screwed up as most people are worried about their jobs, insurance and far more important issues than paying more for a can of pop. This stuff is a luxuary...tax the shit out of it.

[madinmaryland]

27. You were able to say what I was trying to say, much better!

Thanks!

I can't believe there are people here standing up for the soda industry and a the few cents of tax that could be added to it.