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

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).

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.

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.

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.