We need the government to save us from ourselves :(

[Weltall]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
I don't say many of those things...



Uhh... BUT WE ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF TAXES THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR!

The 'snack tax' that Maine, like lots of states, has isn't destroying capitalism. :)

And its not about them being fat... its about how because they are fat, it costs the state lots more money in healthcare costs than it does for healthy people. As the article said.

Right. The solution to that is for insurance companies to raise premiums for fat people, and for the state to stop providing free non-emergency health care to poor people. Everytime some homeless bum drinks himself stupid, it's us taxpaying, premium-paying people that foot the bill, and that costs the state much, much more than whatever extra needs fat people require.

And if you don't think tax hikes will ruin capitalism, just look at what it's done to the cigarette industry, another major fuckarow on the government's part. They claim it's so deadly dangerous but they won't outright ban it because they can tax it up the wazoo, banned goods make no money.

The point is, the government should have no say in what we eat, and taxing certain food items IS the government trying to force us not to eat particular items.