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NY Bill Proposes Fat Tax On Games, DVDs, Junk Food
eldavojohn writes "GamePolitics is writing about a proposal to tax things that make your kids fat. The logic from its author: 'Almost all experts agree that the primary reasons [for the obesity epidemic] are increased consumption of larger quantities of high calorie foods, snacks and sugar sweetened beverages... and lack of physical activity as vigorous play is replaced by sedentary activities such as watching more television, movies and videos and playing video games. This bill would raise revenues from modest surcharges on the very food products and sedentary activities that are linked to the lifestyle changes involved in the explosion of childhood obesity in the last 20-30 years.' Not as explicit as Japan's fat tax but we're getting there."
Do i get a tax break for buying celery?
What's next, Wii subsidies?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
And I say, let them eat cake.
when you will have to go underground to get a decent rat-burger (with fries) and a cold beer...
They prefer the term "Concierge".
when I just read this article linked from the main page.
Judging by a large portion of the people I work with, and the cruft found between their keyboards when they whine their keys aren't working correctly, I'd say the study is spot on.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Almost all experts agree that the primary reasons [for the obesity epidemic] are increased consumption of larger quantities of high calorie foods, snacks and sugar sweetened beverages... and lack of physical activity"
So wait...you're trying to tell me that the first law of thermodynamics is true? Lies!
This is why Congress really needs to repeal the Laws of Thermodynamics. Sadly, it seems that most members of both parties are in the pocket of Big Thermo.
Hey, what kind of bandwidth do you get in your militia bunker? Mine sucks, but it's probably because I shot the cable guy because he looked like CIA.
ad logicam Claiming a proposition is false because it was presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
1) Legalize marijuana
2) Regulate and tax it
3) PROFIT!!!
There's not even a ??? step to worry about with this one.
Murphey's fighting Occam, and we're in the stands.
Kids don't play outside anymore. When I was a kid, my friends and I would go ride our bikes, go build a tree fort, play hide and seek, or play a million and one other games we made up on the spot. Sometimes we fell down, sometimes we got hurt, and once in a while we even learned something.
When I was a kid, me and my friends would work on the family farm or in a coal mine. Sometimes we fell down, sometimes we got hurt, and once in a while we even learned something.
Now get off my lawn!
Set your phasers on "funky"!
At least I have 2 Senators.
Most of those things are not provided by taxes, but by the fact that relatively few people want to live there.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"