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Topic: Soda Tax Coming Soon ???
Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Tue 05/12/09 02:22 PM
nope then it has to be Winx's fault then I knew she was too sweet to be true

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Tue 05/12/09 02:24 PM
This administration's proposals will not help anything and they will cost us out livelihood. Sin taxes, health taxes, carbon taxes, where does it end? Even if his plans work and fixes everything (the economy, universal health care, etc.) who the will be able to afford to live? I have seen articles showing how healthy food is actually considerably more expensive than unhealthy food. You can blame whomever you like, but we all know it's yellowrose behind it all. Those damned Texas women. Healthy food is more expensive then unhealthy food. It's a fact.

ddn122 Joined Mon 11/05/07 Posts: 12855	Tue 05/12/09 02:32 PM
About ten years ago, we had a thriving movie business in Georgia/Atlanta. Then the mayor and the Gov. got together and thought...."hey if we raise taxes on production companies.....we can make ,even, more money in the form of tax revenues.....They raised taxes and.....guess what happened.....the tax revenue went to zero....Other locations became more appealing to production companies. Last year they "lowered the tax on Production companies...and guess what happened????? Ten feature films to be shot in Georgia this year alone.......Tax revenue increased.......another example of why raising tax rates does not raise tax revenue..... Wake up!

Fanta46 Joined Sat 11/11/06 Posts: 29361	Tue 05/12/09 08:05 PM
Where is the alcohol tax at? It kills more people than anything else, and nobody taxes it. Yet we want to tax sodas because of sugar? WTF Alcohol isnt taxed in KY cloudy?

nogames39 Joined Sat 12/27/08 Posts: 2752	Tue 05/12/09 09:58 PM
Taxing soda seems like a very fair use of tax law. I am for it. I don't drink soda, never did before, and not planning to start anytime soon.

creativesoul Joined Mon 04/16/07 Posts: 9166	Tue 05/12/09 10:39 PM
The deliberate transparency is quite amusing...

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Tue 05/12/09 10:40 PM
Taxing soda seems like a very fair use of tax law. I am for it. I don't drink soda, never did before, and not planning to start anytime soon. You've never had a soda before?

nogames39 Joined Sat 12/27/08 Posts: 2752	Tue 05/12/09 10:45 PM
I did drink in two times in my life, because I was thirsty and there was noting else to drink. I hated the taste, but, I had no choice. It feels like something unnatural to me. I can compare it to eating "vines". It tastes like plastic. I could just as well munch on zip-ties.

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Tue 05/12/09 10:48 PM
I don't drink coffee. I don't like it.

nogames39 Joined Sat 12/27/08 Posts: 2752	Tue 05/12/09 11:34 PM
Then you'd understand.

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Wed 05/13/09 07:24 AM
If this keeps up they will be taxing broccoli. They can tax the broccoli, makes me gag anyway. Now if the start messing with mushrooms, though, I might have to get angry that is why they are doing the item taxing if it does not affect one personally they do not care when will people learn that till we care about what effect others then no one will care what effects them we need to stick together people get over the me attitudes or there will be no one left when they come for you look at history say 1930s germany for one era

Winx Joined Fri 08/31/07 Posts: 39051	Wed 05/13/09 07:25 AM
Then you'd understand. Yep, I do.

franshade Joined Tue 07/24/07 Posts: 24704	Wed 05/13/09 08:41 AM
All one has to do is ignore another's right to be before your own are trampled and taxed.

nogames39 Joined Sat 12/27/08 Posts: 2752	Wed 05/13/09 11:26 AM
No one gives two sh!ts when they tax me on income. Fnck, I am for banning and taxing everything. Welcome to my world.