Apparently the Democrats have done extensive research and discovered that only the rich consume soft drinks.
That’s the only way to reconcile the fact that he promised no new taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 per year during the campaign, yet now favors taxing soft drinks and other sugary treats.
The President told Men’s Health magazine that he thinks we should consider taxing soda and other sugary drinks as part of health care reform.
“I actually think it’s an idea that we should be exploring,” Obama 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.”
The president noted that “obviously there is resistance on Capitol Hill to those kinds of sin taxes. Legislators from certain states that produce sugar or corn syrup are sensitive to anything that might reduce demand for those products.”
First he raised taxes on cigarettes to keep people from smoking. Then he raised taxes on soft drinks to keep people from consuming sugar.
While he’s at it, maybe he should raise taxes on thinking to keep people from figuring out what he’s doing.
Source: New York Daily News
