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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Politics Another Idea For Saving Your Pennies: Maybe Your Sullen Children Could Drink Tap Water With The Odd Meal?

Posted by Dan Savage on Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:35 AM

This woman makes me crazy.

A one-cent-per-ounce tax on soda would raise billions in revenue annually—billions that could go toward providing the kind of health care these woman's morose children are going to need when they grow into diabetic, obese adults, thanks to mom's rabid support for low taxes and high fructose corn syrup. Soda should be heavily taxed—onerously taxed—if only to cancel out the the farm subsidies that make soda pop so freakin' cheap in the first place. And if you're worried about your pennies, why are you drinking soda at all?

 

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Mmm more sloppy seconds from Slog.
Posted by FeloniousMoz on September 30, 2009 at 11:55 AM · Report
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And they're using one plastic bag to carry their one jug of "Repo Man"-esque "SODA". This commercial makes me want this tax to go through even more.
Posted by MeghanH on October 1, 2009 at 2:47 PM · Report

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