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Dr. Gupta, the soon-to-be Surgeon General, is in favor of taxing items that are filled with the cheap, but calorie dense, corn-syrup. Those items would be soft drinks in most cases although juice items should be included, plus any others with too much sugar - all of which are contributing heavily to the obesity epidemic. Aaah, yes, the old-fashioned time-tested way of paying for a problem....taxes. While we hate the idea of any new taxes, it seems to be the only way out of a mess that too many people are screaming about for a solution - that is, the whole health care issue. I mean, do we really want to allow lawmakers to impose more taxes? That seems to be the only way the new President and administration are going to be able to solve and accomplish these seemingly insurmountable goals.
Most voters, like this one, just don't like the idea of new taxes. But more and more people are missing the forest for the trees, or are just not thinking long-term. There are too many laws and too many taxes on the books right now, and that includes tax laws. Here's the story on the obesity tax proposal and how it may soon become a reality with the next Attorney General (although it may start in New York) --
New York Governor David Paterson wants to fight obesity by taxing certain, but not all, sweet drinks. Could an 'obesity tax' achieve much?
The idea for "A Tobacco-Style Tax on Fattening Drinks" came from BusinessWeek reader Charles Weber, a U.S. Navy veteran and retired electrical contractor in Hendersonville, N.C. Read more...
Can taxing junk food solve the obesity crisis? This controversial idea has never been given a real-world tryout, but the combination of a budget busting fiscal crisis and a citizenry that keeps getting fatter is causing legislators and executives around the world to give a so-called "obesity tax" serious consideration. New York Governor David Paterson is the most serious of all, proposing in his 2009 state budget that an 18% sales tax be levied on non-diet soda and sugary juice drinks. Such a tax, he says, would raise $404 million in the fiscal year starting in April, and $539 million in the year after that—all to be earmarked for obesity-fighting public health programs.
Comments: One way or another, we are going to get back to being healthier. It may take some painful changes, some overcome cravings and habits, but it will happen... and the country will feel a whole lot better!
The Health & Wellness Institute
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