Senate Panel Ponders Soft Drink, Beer Tax Hike

[Delvosong]

its just soda its not important to drink it. i go for the idea for the tax. woooohoooo. i see so many obessed people now and days.

[dmana3172]

I'm so glad Congress is going to impose a tax on all sugar soft drink. Thank about it. Soft drink is not healthy. And the more people drink it, the more the doctor's visit, hospitality. This is an example of driving up healthcare cost. One way to reduce this problem and to ensure a healthier life is to ban sugar, junk foods and replace them with healthier one. This will make a big different in this society.

[tatomuck18]

if you hate soda so much, DONT BUY IT!

[jaymorpheus01]

Yeah, ask people who have been in the country so long they still can't talk english!

[Ezekio3160]

might as well tax junk food as well and especially Mc Donald's

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

A soda tax is fine, but they're really backwards here with the beer and wine, those should be discounted for their healthy effects on the heart.

[countdamnation]

Give me a break. What are they gonna tax us for next, breathing air?

[MaryFromTheCenterSun]

Try drinking water... from the tap.

[bella12099]

THAT DOESNT MAKE SENSE !!!

[kantwinnada]

This is so stupid!  Next it will be things like cookies and potato chips. What about beef, salt, and ..... I could come up with a list of things that aren't healthy. Just another way to screw us!

[chadpopstar]

When will they raise tax on MILK? That substance makes you fat too. Milk contains fat, cholesterol, hormones, pus and glue (casein)...just to name a few things!! No wonder heart disease is the #1 cause of death.

[jacobfresno]

that sucks

[jaredfontaine2002]

Can Anyone say Nanny state?

[Chewie316]

It's NOT going to fucking healthcare, rather the healthcare companies will pocket the money off of "fat soda drinkers and beer swillers"! Fuck that bullshit, enough of the bullshit legislation! I can't afford to out drinking like I used to and fucking soda is almost $3 a 2-liter in NY! Legislate this, enough already!

[kantwinnada]

No shit!

[Philknowsbestdotcom]

This is Obama and the far left wings trying to take our rights away and control more of our hard earned money...More freedoms being taken away...Less rights... Less money in peoples pockets makes it less likely for people to be successful, SOme people just dont "Get it" ...This country is becoming way less free everyday cuz of bullshit taxes like this... This sucks big time if this bill passes...

[alex3914]

This is only the beginning.

I knew they'd go for the "sin taxes" next.

[dabom88]

BANDING together AP, use your spellchecker.

[exacerbatedtaboo]

Better talk to the FDA about the fluoride cause they're the ones who are allowing them or mandating them to put it in our drinking water yet they tell us it can kill babies and if you swallow so much toothpaste to contact poison control. Guess who else used fluoride in water to make people act calmer? If you said Hitler and the Nazis you are correct.

[gungagin]

OK, just as long as they don't raise taxes on Frappuccinos!

[coromaster]

I'm ok with soda, but leave beer out of this, ya jerks.

[sugarpuddin88]

Gimme a Break!

After the Tax Payer bailed out Merrill Lynch, they turned around and gave their executives 3.6 billion in Christmas Bonuses!

AIG awarded $500 million in bonuses to its executives after accepting a $173 billion government bailout

UBS bank was fined 700 million for tax evasion; then Congress gives them 5 billion free tax payer dollars

102 tril SS & medicare

25 tril TARP & bailouts

53 tril from other trusts

Every single American man, woman & child owes over $600K in FED Gov debt