Quote Originally Posted by Counts View Post
IMHO these "Sin" taxes are honestly just another avenue to pump more money into the Government coffers

As someone already stated "will diet sodas be exempt from the tax?" IMHO NO because they contain Aspertain which may cause other health issues.......Then we will need to tax Juice based on the high sugar/calorie content......then a Milk tax just because.....then a water tax because bottled water is bad for the environment....then on Well water owners because there water quality may be iffy and finally tap water because of the sudden uptick in water usage LOL


Here are my thoughts....IF the Government REALLY wanted to find a way for chunky people to slim down they would make gym memberships tax deductible stop subsidizing corn and subsidize more leafy green Vegetables (Making them cheaper) and for the morbidly obese promote beratic surgery (Make it a tax rebate thing kind of like what they do not for appliances)
Again, this wasn't a gov. proposal, this was another study and was proven to work actually. This isn't really a sin tax and I doubt this would lead to a chain of products being taxed like you said. Yes, this would be used to raise money, this would just be a addon to it, but it would still work. And my stance still hasn't changed on a soda tax of some sort along with others. The tax credits on gym memberships wouldn't have that much of an effect at all, it wouldn't free up any time for people that don't have the time and wouldn't make anyone any less lazy for those who do have the time.