What's the deal with the soda and juice tax?

[graywarrior]

Ads are on all the time here in MA.

[Happyhippychick]

1. Release the chicken and I'll tell you.

[graywarrior]

8. I'll blend him with limes just for you.

[Happyhippychick]

9. I'm calling PETA

[graywarrior]

Be my guest.

:P

[Happyhippychick]

17. I'm totally series. There will be hugh reepercushions.

[graywarrior]

19. I just peed myself, I'm so scared.

[Happyhippychick]

29. That's cuz you drink too much soda and juice.

[graywarrior]

32. Duck juice.

[flvegan]

2. Here we go!

:popcorn:

[LeftyMom]

22. Popcorn tax!

I want half.

I have Parma though, so it's okay.

[graywarrior]

26. LOL tax!

[HipChick]

3. I don't drink soda or juice..

as long as they don't touch my beer, I'm fine...

[vadawg]

5. first they came for the sodas, then they came for the beer

:) its a slippery slope folks a slippery slope...

[Lost-in-FL]

4. In FL too.

I laughed my ass off when I saw the commercial for the first time.

[DJ13]

6. The Puritanical nannies are seeking new tax revenue streams

The commercials are a warning shot against them.

[HughMoran]

7. I don't know, but the ads make me so annoyed that I hope they pass a tax on them soon

Just to shut them up.

[graywarrior]

11. They're very angry people, those juice/soda drinkers.

[BrklynLiberal]

18. I do not think it is the juice/soda drinkers that are so pissed. It is the corporations that make

high fructose corn syrup and other chemicals that go into the "juice" and soda.

[HughMoran]

21. Ya think?

:)

[graywarrior]

24. OK, the people pretending to be angry.

What kind of person acts in those ads? Do they believe what they are saying or is it just a paycheck.

[DefenseLawyer]

27. I bet those aren't even her kids!

Damn phonies. Why do I suddenly feel like Holden Caulfield?

[graywarrior]

28. I bet you hate secret slobs, too.

Damn you.

[BrklynLiberal]

36. Look at the kind of bulls**t that Congresscritters say for $$$$$

[tularetom]

10. Personally I hope they pass a tax on all processed foods that are bad for you

I'll wind up paying some of it of course like practically everybody else, but at least maybe we'll think a bit more before we buy that crap.

[graywarrior]

13. They should tax Rush Limbaugh's yapper.

[tblue]

12. I don't know, but someone posted an o.m. here about punching that lady in the face.

She desperately wants to keep pouring HFCS down her kids's throats. I say we call Child Protective Services and be done with her.

[HughMoran]

14. Lol - I remember that post

I am sure that I agreed with the sentiments. :)

[graywarrior]

15. I hate that lady

She looks like a rabid rats mother.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. I think the underlying source has more to do with corn syrup and those that profit from it

than any real concern for people's pocketbooks.

To have a tax/deposit on high sugar drinks seems like a great idea to me.
THAT is how we can fund health care reform.

[graywarrior]

20. That and fast food.

[DefenseLawyer]

23. It may be only pennies...

but when you drink 400 Mountain Dews a day, that shit adds up!

[graywarrior]

25. Rehab is the next step if people drink that much MD in a day

[TankLV]

30. Aparently it's a tax on Juice and Soda.

If you take the ads seriously.

I could care less about these people - Sweet sugary drinks are BAD for you - especially in the excess we feed it to our children...

Tax the hell out of 'em!!!

[Orangepeel]

38. "juice drinks" and soda, not juice n/t

[NYC_SKP]

31. Rich lady with SUV has to feed her spoiled brats and Libruls wanna tax their "food"...

what part of that don't you get, GW?

:P

[riverbendviewgal]

33. so much sugar and carbs in juice

and this may explain the rise in obesity and diabetics, especially in children.

[baldguy]

34. It's not JUICE - it's "juice drinks"

Basically it's a proposed tax on soft drinks.

[ZombieHorde]

35. Another opportunity to tax the poor. Just like the rolling tobacco tax.

People hate the poor.

[SoCalNative]

37. Tobacco should be taxed to the hilt

And if you're poor, you shouldn't be buying tobacco anyway.

And sorry I'm not a smoking nazi rather, a former smoker of nearly 30 years.

[ZombieHorde]

40. Do you have any evidence poor people should not be buying tobacco?

Should rich people be spending their money on tobacco?

[winyanstaz]

39. I cannot believe how deep the brain washing goes....

When a people that are already taxed to almost half of everything they make..are actually looking around for excuses to tax something else.
wtf planet am I on?