twostrokenut
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But how stupidly ironic is this? Give tax subsidies, take them back with taxes.
IGNORANT MASSES SHOCKED BY PHILLY BEVERAGE TAX IMPACT
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twostrokenut
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High Fructose Corn Syrup......Now ask yourself why this is cheaper in the US than real sugar, which is actually cheaper.
you're a retard..not everybody that has diabetes is from drinking soda.
Rrog
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33% of this nation are diabetic or pre-diabetic. This is the one social / medical issue that could bankrupt the US. The system cannot afford the long-term care of 33% of the population.
Products are causing this, not poor willpower. People always had poor willpower, but 1/3 of the population wasn't diabetic. Chemicals and hormone-mimicking elements are a big problem
Products are causing this, not poor willpower. People always had poor willpower, but 1/3 of the population wasn't diabetic. Chemicals and hormone-mimicking elements are a big problem
racerboy71
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i agree that the food we eat and the stuff we drink is killing us slowly, but i also don't believe that putting a tax on said products is the way to reduce people from eating or drinking those products.. why not go straight to the source and demand our food providers stop selling us products that kill us?
look at the ingredients on a simple loaf of store bought bread..
and that's a simple loaf of bread.. if the government were at all concerned about the health of our country, i'd think going after the people peddling this crap and demanding better ingredients would be a great place to start, not taxing people for actually buying the shit in the shelves in the stores that they see all day long on commercial after commercial..
Rrog
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Profits is why we are still fed junk. Corporate profits.
We have a long history of ignoring the sick citizens to support big industry. Look at the coal miners - clearly sick but no government acknowledgement. Look at big tobacco and how it took decades to get a conviction.
Other countries don't have this same protection for corporations. Hell, we even gave corporations the same protection an status as a human being.
We have a long history of ignoring the sick citizens to support big industry. Look at the coal miners - clearly sick but no government acknowledgement. Look at big tobacco and how it took decades to get a conviction.
Other countries don't have this same protection for corporations. Hell, we even gave corporations the same protection an status as a human being.
If you're dead it really doesn't matter if you enjoyed life or not, you're dead.
Who's miserable?
Chunky Stool
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Most people aren't into healthy diets until they are older and already have problems. That's unfortunate because there's no way to turn back the clock. What you can do is slow the clock down by taking care of yourself. If you hate fruits & veggies, take vitamins. There's no need to go overboard; the benefits from healthy habits occur over long periods of time.
Rrog
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Dietary supplements are available from giant corporations, whose only goal is to sell you something (anything) and there's no watchdog / oversight... How could that be a bad thing?
Supplements are largely a waste and simply yet another source of shit we don't need in our bodies. Real food has everything you need, and is generally in a much more natural, bioavailable form.
Supplements are largely a waste and simply yet another source of shit we don't need in our bodies. Real food has everything you need, and is generally in a much more natural, bioavailable form.
The point is, there is no reason why someone shouldn't be able to drink a Coke without being punished for it.
Sin tax.
It's common sense to wear it but until you are harming someone else I think you should be able to do whatever you want.
I don't see seatbelts on motorcycles.
CA just passed a law making lane splitting legal.
School buses don't have seatbelts. A bunch of kids just died in a school bus accident when the driver hit a tree. Public transit buses don't have seatbelts.
Rrog
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In Michigan, we've repealed the laws saying you need a helmet. Flies in the face of common sense, but we determined that if someone wants to openly risk life and limb they are free to do so.
Anyway, corporations want your cash, and as long as they don't get caught breaking the law, all is fare.
Paint companies still make lead based paints for African nations... because it's not illegal. Obviously African kids will chew on lead paint just like American kids, but it's not illegal in africa
Anyway, corporations want your cash, and as long as they don't get caught breaking the law, all is fare.
Paint companies still make lead based paints for African nations... because it's not illegal. Obviously African kids will chew on lead paint just like American kids, but it's not illegal in africa
C.R.E.A.M.
Someday man may evolve beyond his own greed. It's going to take something YUUUGE to bring it on though. This is why I pray for a nuclear war. Humanity needs a reset.