Pathetic,,,if we can't handle 10 cents tax on pop,maybe we shouldn't be drinking it to begin with,,agree or not?

I agree. I like the idea of a sin tax. Serves dual function -- raise funds, reduce unhealthy behavior. Win - win situation if you ask me (and you did).

Why should the gov't get a single damn cent on it?

I agree I can't handle it. So I switched to drinking water instead. Healthier.

I agree, but I can see how soda manufacturers, and those who work for them would disagree.

Also those who feel the government should only provide very basic services like managing the military, and legislative duties may also object to the tax.

Personally I don't drink much soda, pop, tonic, what have you, and I find my dentist bill to be much more reasonable because of it.

I think that is probably the point. A ten cent tax on pop wouldn't effect me at all. They might get a dime from me every year or so and that isn't going to hurt anything. Now, for people who don't drink anything but pop it might get to be significant, but for those people, the costs for insulin and heart medications will be much more significant that the tax.

What's the purpose? There's already a sales tax on them. Even the soda's purchased from a machine include the sales taxes in their prices, so the vendor can pay them.

Indeed.

I agree.

agreed

I strongly disagree. First, a quote:
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'Whenever someone says that this or that government program is absolutely necessary, I always wonder, "What did people do and how did they survive before the program?"' - Economist Walter Williams
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We've been drinking soda pop for over a hundred and thirty years. Yeah, we got fat kids but there is no justification for blaming it on soda. Or fast food.
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People who take in more fat or carbohydrates or sugars than they burn off become fat. People who are fat (with some few exceptions) are putting things in their mouths that they know they shouldn't. When babies do this with pennies, buttons, broken glass, dog poop, etc, we take whatever it is out of their mouths as quickly as possible and try as hard as we can to let them know that that was a bad thing to try to eat.
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We're not babies anymore. We don't need a ten cent spanking from the government every time we open a juice box.
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The argument that it's only ten cents is completely unconvincing. It is in fact an additional ten cents on top of sales tax, sugar protectionism policies and various taxes on production and distribution.
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The 'only ten cents' idea is applicable to all things after all. Why shouldn't everything you purchase or use have an additional 'only ten cents' tax on it?
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Because there is no justification for dropping taxes on legal items to try to force the public not to do something it wants to. That's not government's job. That's YOUR job. You want to self-flagellate every time you eat a twinkie? Go for it. But be responsible for your intake. You're old enough now.

I have run into lots of soft drink machines around our area that sell them (and bottled water) for $1.50. Adding the tax would probably raise them to 1.75 at the minimum since they don't take a coin smaller than 25 cents.

I'm fine with the 10 cent tax. I quit drinking beverages with carbonation a long time ago. I eat the fruit instead of buying fruit juice since reading the label on the bottle should turn anyone off.

pop is heart disease in a can. There should be more than just a 10 cents tax, if they're taxing cigarrettes much more.

Too bad that tax also applies to juices. So maybe we shouldn't drink them either? GOV'T HAS NO BUSINESS TELLING US WHAT TO EAT AND DRINK!

As a smoker I'm taxed to the hilt and I've made due with it. I think that taxing soft drinks is just the start, we should tax all junk food more than we do if we are so concerned with health. At the same time we should try to make fresh, healthy foods more affordable.

I dont think 10 cents is a big deal at all, however it will be raised down the line, to who knows what, i dont care one way or the other, as i have quit drinking pop completely as of about 5 months ago.

What is the issue here? Who is we? Do you have people up in arms somewhere over this?

People will adjust to the increase over time and drink it any way. Almost half the cost of a pack of cigarettes is due to taxes and people are still smoking. They just buy them from a discount store.

I disagree. any increase in taxes just takes money out of the economy at a time when that money is needed to stimulate profits and increase jobs.

The only soda I drink is Diet Mt. Dew for a pick me up once in awhile.. but it's certainly not an essential item for me, or for anyone else. It's a luxury. The state our nation is in? Tax it til the soda cows moo.

I think that we should give up using anything that adds on a tax or surcharge. When they lose all their business, then they will realize that they shouldn't have been greedy in the first place. I think we pay way too much tax already. A third of my income goes to taxes!!

if your that gets your back up come live in merry old england for a while and see the legalised robbery gorden brown comits on the working classes