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by Squirrel Face on September 16th, 2009
I don't know. Probably not. There are serveral factors that cause obesity. Soda is pretty bad for you though. It contains a lot of high fructose corn syrup and sugar. Sugar is bad enough but high fructose corn syrup is horrible for you. It's a sweetener made in a lab. So your body doesn't quite know how to digest it, so it gets stored as fat. I have had friends give up soda for a month and lose 5-10 pounds.
by pepe09 on September 16th, 2009
No, but it will slow it down ,and provide funding for healthcare and education, two things that obviously Americans need more of.
Think about it, do you really NEED those twnty spoons of sugar per can?
by Craigor on September 16th, 2009
No, but it will curb the rate of empty government wallets.
by therapist on September 16th, 2009
Did the cigarette tax and raise in price stop smoking. no and neither will this. People will still pay it. caffeine is an addiction and people must have it.
by greensceptic on September 16th, 2009
I have never heard this idea - great idea :-)
by spooner on September 16th, 2009
No, once again the government is bending us over and telling us it's for our own good.
by Factotum on September 16th, 2009
No, and it's an obscene misuse of the tax system. Taxes are for raising revenue, NOT for punishing people.
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Either make it illegal to be obese and throw people in jail or admit that it's none of the government's business.
by MasterS on September 16th, 2009
No not at all, but hey its another tax, you like taxes right? Come on everyone loves taxes.
by dancer on September 16th, 2009
Not unless the addiction is soda. +5
by Anonymous on September 16th, 2009
I don't think it would. Just like ppl who smoke I think they would be willing to pay what is asked food can become just as addicting. What needs to change is ppls way of thinking.
by Broken on September 16th, 2009
I don't think so.
by Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger on September 16th, 2009
I don't believe so.
by Thriftymaid on September 17th, 2009
Heck no. The only people I know that drink sugared drinks are thin.
by - MojoThunder - on September 17th, 2009
has cigarette taxes eliminated smoking?
by King of Sexytown on September 16th, 2009
A fat ass tax would be better. Give them a reason to excercise in the first place.
by More2Be on September 16th, 2009
It would just be another way to sap revenue from the working into the government's redistribution to the non-working.
by mendiga on September 16th, 2009
The tax on fast food purchases doesn't seem to be any help, so my guess would be no.
by SoulSearcher on October 9th, 2009
Nope. If you want to cure the "obesity epidemic" you have to control everyone's food intake, set up a mandatory excersize program, etc. Too much food or calories plus too little getting off your ass and moving/exercise is the cause of the so called epidemic. Taxing soda will not do anything but give the govt more money to throw at defunct businesses.
by Bob on October 9th, 2009
studies show that for every 20% increase in the price of cigarettes, there is a corresponding decrease in consumption. so, a tax of soda, soda lover that i am, is logical. obesity alone is responsible for more medical costs that heart disease (although there is quite a bit of overlap). i believe that funding for prevention, changes in school lunches, encouraging fitness center utilization, and taxes of unhealthy stuff makes some sense. there are over 200 billion sodas sold in the us each year. a twenty cent tax on each would raise $40 billion a year, what we spend on nursing homes. and, it would reduce the obesity rate about 20%.
by Jacques on October 9th, 2009
It won't curb obesity any more than property tax curbs people from buying 42" TV sets.
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