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To: Sam who wrote (111494)	5/20/2009 10:34:10 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (1) of 541403

You just think this because sodas are such a ubiquitous feature of modern life. The fact that they are really unhealthy gets hidden in the patina of familiarity, and the fact that it isn't a poison that works quickly or directly. It is still insidious. And I speak as someone who used to drink the stuff a lot, and loved it. We have had them for decades and most people see a bright red line between alcohol and cigarettes and other types of food and drink. There is no such bright red line once we get to a soda tax. It looks like they are talking about exempting juices, but any number of them are pretty much suger water with the same negative health consequences as sodas (or pop as we call it in Chicago <g>). Would you support a fast food tax? Hmmm, one of the big problems for children is that they have become so sedentary....how about a video game tax? Hell, I notice that the two of us spend way too much time on the computer. A heavy tax on more than moderate use of the internet might get people a bit more active. Think of the health care savings! I have thought we were headed down this road for quite a while and the coming health care system will be the catalyst for all of it. Slacker

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