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Offline Chris_

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President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« on: September 08, 2009, 05:15:03 PM »

Gov. Paterson's proposal to tax soda in New York fizzled, but President Obama believes it may be time to pop a similar sin tax on the nation.

The President, in an interview with Men's Health magazine released yesterday, said he thought taxing soda and other sugary drinks is worth putting on the table as Congress debates health care reform.

"It's an idea that we should be exploring," the president said. "There's no doubt that our kids drink way too much soda. And every study that's been done about obesity shows that there is as high a correlation between increased soda consumption and obesity as just about anything else."[/quote]

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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2009, 05:19:11 PM »

0Bama Sucks !!!
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2009, 05:34:41 PM »
Quote from: bijou on September 08, 2009, 05:22:55 PM
Damn. You win.  :-)

I cheated. I plagiarized from the url of the picture. barrysucks   :-)
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 06:19:28 PM »
How about adding a $1 per pack tax to the smokes you suck down, Barruh?

Oh wait--you already did that--then again, didn't you say you weren't going to increase ANY taxes on anyone making less than $250K per year?
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 06:24:28 PM »
Quote from: NHSparky on September 08, 2009, 06:19:28 PM
How about adding a $1 per pack tax to the smokes you suck down, Barruh?

Oh wait--you already did that--then again, didn't you say you weren't going to increase ANY taxes on anyone making less than $250K per year?

Don't worry, raising the tobacco tax again, is on the table in Illinois.  :censored: tax and spend liberals never met a dollar that they could spend twice.
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 06:57:03 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on September 08, 2009, 05:34:41 PM
I cheated. I plagiarized from the url of the picture. barrysucks   :-)
:uhsure:

*takes a bow*

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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 03:52:27 PM »
Obama Open to 'Sin Tax'

(Sept. 9) -- As he fights a heated battle to get Congress to pass health care reform, President Barack Obama seems warm to another health-related idea: a so-called sin tax on soda and other sugary drinks.
In an interview with Men's Health magazine, Obama called a tax on soda "an idea that we should be exploring."
"There's no doubt that our kids drink way too much soda. And every study that's been done about obesity shows that there is as high a correlation between increased soda consumption and obesity as just about anything else," he said. "Obviously it's not the only factor, but it is a major factor."



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The food police is now joining the medical police force. :hammer:
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 04:00:44 PM »

Obama Still Sucks ! ! !
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2009, 04:37:44 PM »
I have to hand it to AOL for posting that photo under his Soda Tax comments....they usually post  liberal-sided stories....it seems even the leftist press is turning on him...first CNN, now AOL..I wonder if MSNBC will follow...or perhaps they'll wait till their ratings sink and their sponsors pull out.
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2009, 04:50:20 PM »
Why not ? Obama V 1.1 Beta (Deval Patrick) is also toying with the Sin tax on soda, candy, and other snacks deemed unhealthy.
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2009, 07:30:09 PM »
Quote from: lug-nut on September 08, 2009, 05:15:03 PM


Someone photoshop that to make him cross-eyed!
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Re: President Obama says 'sin tax' on sodas is food for thought
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2009, 08:52:14 PM »
Even DUmmies and garden variety liberals drink soda so hopefully the masses get it.

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