Philly passes a soda tax. A good thing?

Don't know. Just going by what the article that was posted stated "pass a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on sugary drinks."

sounds like to me that it wasn't well thought/spelled out (as is often the case with these things) along with where the money will go exactly, etc.

I do wonder if this might come under the argument of excessive tax. Hmm tea anyone?

 

Its tagged on to every ounce, from the first one

 

Maybe, this will stop parents from buying their kids so much pop (soda) and other sugary drinks. Beverages like that should be given to children on special occasions or as a treat. Not every day. It just sets them up for poor health as they get older.

I'm all for it.

 

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Yeah and I just drink from the tap. I drink bottle when I'm out and about. I'm cutting out soda. Also its cheaper to drink water cause of the health issues.

Its cheaper to keep yourself healthy than going to the hospital. Its like taking care if a car. You try to do the preventive maintenance to reduce cost to repair and keep it running.

Correct me if I'm wrong but the body is about 70% water and also the earth is about 70%?

 

I don't drink anything with sugar or sweeteners in it. For a lil while I was really hooked on Pepsi...the sodas can be very addictive. Just a lil side note, the majority of our society is dehydrated and people need to be drinking much more water. Maybe a good idea would be to make sure everyone has safe drinking water first!

FG makes the point that it could be ALL drinks containing sugar. I think you may be surprised how many drinks have sugar in them. Out here the Almond milk is now really popular and it has sugar. As she said, the sports drinks do as well.

My oldest daughter is a Type 1 Diabetic (for those who don't know that is NOT in any way shape or form connected to lifestyle...much different than Type 2) We were talking about this whole thing last night and she was asking if they are going to be taxing the diet drinks too....they aren't "sugary" but they have all those fake sweeteners and can be as bad or worse than the sugar drinks.

Have to wonder what's next when/if something like this flies though. So then foods with sugar? (sugar is in all sorts of things) Often it starts with one thing that people will think - yah ok that's a good idea, it's not going to really affect me and it will help in whatever ways. But that often opens the door to slip in more and more easily.

I just really wonder what the real motivation with this is. We know it's not really going to change things for many people (take a look at other vices that have been taxed, did it really impact the number of drinkers or smokers? or in CA we tax the hell out of gas but we still all driving and buying cars)

 

Good point... What's next to tax?

I don't know anything about diabetes

 

Don't fuck with tap water. Drink it as a kid for the fluoride and dental benefits, but give that shit up by the time you get your adult teeth. The U.S. has moved to a closed water system which basically means they recycle all of the water from your home and bring it back to your home. They use chemicals and filters to remove the waste (shit, vomit, blood, antifreeze, etc). That same cup of water you're chugging down has probably been to 100 households in the last decade - lol. Not to mention, they are regularly pulling dead bodies out of city reservoirs because location is everything when you're bumping people off and don't live next to the everglades. When I was a kid we had a break out of giardiasis. When they drained the res there were bodies, shopping carts, cars...all kinds of shit in there. Every city in America is probably a step or two away from being another Detroit.

I only drink tap water when I don't have bottled water available. I know a couple of women who only drink water from their $4k purification systems. I don't have money like that and it's not convenient for me. I settle for spring water eventhough most have something bad to say about that too.

My go to sweetener is stevia and since it has an aftertaste, I like to add raw sugar so that it's close to a 50/50 mix. It seems to get rid of the aftertaste.

 

I better not drop how the world is on the verge of a clean water shortage.

The next great world war won't be fought over ideology, it will be a battle over precious resources, probably clean water.

Buy a good tap water filter and stay healthy.