A good way to cut down on obesity?

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And I've said before too, maybe they should cut back on drinking soda. I have several people in my family(grandmother and grandma stick out the most) that are on fixed incomes, they never just buy soda to drink, they do buy it...but tea, water, Koolaid, juices etc too. It's not taking drinks away or soda away, it's putting a very low tax on A drink.

And Maine isn't really a rich state, they're like in the bottom half(34th) of per capita income, have a hard time believing that part of their state isn't like SWVA..which really isn't all that bad compared to other places I've seen and VA is a pretty well-off state actually(you'd be really surprised how well VA is) - not to mention you're an hour or so from KY, TN or NC in SWVA.


I'm still not seeing how this is a bad idea, at all.

but why do you feel the need to tax this??

why not hike up taxes on caviar and squid???

im all for it on beer and liquor and such, but not soft drinks.

i have a very simple solution that could bring the government billions of dollars EVERY YEAR,on a reliable basis: