[BPt111]

How feel about this ? Pepsi and M&M's would cost bit more.

Bill would tax sugary drinks, candy in Connecticut - Connecticut Post

[HumpDay]

So is the state turning into Mrs Obama? Telling people what to eat and not to eat. Just kidding but...

I kind of knew this was going to happen. The state lowering sales tax and raising something else under the publics eye. I think it's a good idea to try and lower obesity but if they want to eat it then so be it. It's there choice not the states.

[MiaMia411]

It scares me that people like this that are so out of touch with reality are coming up with bills. If you dont want your child to be obese then dont let them eat what they want and stop feeding them junk food. WTF is wrong with people and this country? It is sickening that we need taxes and laws for common sense.

Are people this ignorant and brain washed? Wow. What makes me laugh even more is how they want to use the extra money for programs to fight obesity ... Yea my ass, just extra money into the states pockets while everyone else picks up the bills. So if people dont buy these drinks then what do the big companies do ? Just close up and then more people on unemployment ? Yea that is the liberal brain at work, so backwards.

[kiazer123]

Probably isn't going to happen.

[BPt111]

Originally Posted by UrbanExplorer

So is the state turning into Mrs Obama? Telling people what to eat and not to eat. Just kidding but...

I kind of knew this was going to happen. The state lowering sales tax and raising something else under the publics eye. I think it's a good idea to try and lower obesity but if they want to eat it then so be it. It's there choice not the states.

So higher taxes on cigarettes stop people from smoking

[seymourct]

Boo .... Stupid people in Hartford should get their eyes offa the Easter Bunny's Basket.

[MrGompers]

I saw this too in the news again a few days ago. Rosa Delauro first proposed it last year. I think the guy now is a state of Ct rep not a Fed Rep.

If they want to do something about obesity they should cut the subsidies to the food manufacturers and the corn growers first. Then there's no need to tax the end products.

A politician in Puerto Rico just proposed a bill that would fine parents of obese children. These politicians are getting crazier every year.

Puerto Rico Wants to Fine Parents of Obese Children - NBC News

or

Obesity.org - puerto-rico-blames-parents-of-children-with-obesity-considers-fines

[Rich6810]

What's next, a tax on unhealthy meals?
We could have a food patrol. They will randomly check homes and tax them accordingly.
Then we could have a security guard in all supermarkets making sure you buy the right food.

[UsernameCreativity]

I figure these would be a bit like vice taxes. I think it's reasonable. It doesn't solve the root problem, but making clean food more affordable than junk certainly helps.

[jaydez]

Originally Posted by UsernameCreativity

I figure these would be a bit like vice taxes. I think it's reasonable. It doesn't solve the root problem, but making clean food more affordable than junk certainly helps.

Yes and no. It makes the junk food more expensive by an artificial price control. The underlying problem is that healthy food is far too expensive compared to junk food.

Making junk food more expensive won't solve the problem. They need to find a way to make healthy food less expensive. There is no excuse for the fact that the 4 oreos i had with my lunch cost a fraction of what the single apple I had with it as well did.