Cities and States Plan Strange New Taxes on Pretty Much Everything

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ABOVE POST IS NEW TOO TODAY 3/10/2010

Easing into what you, as a slave, are allowed to eat...

Tax soda, pizza to cut obesity, researchers say

By Julie Steenhuysen – Mon Mar 8, 5:00 pm ET

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. researchers estimate that an 18 percent tax on pizza and soda can push down U.S. adults' calorie intake enough to lower their average weight by 5 pounds (2 kg) per year.

The researchers, writing in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday, suggested taxing could be used as a weapon in the fight against obesity, which costs the United States an estimated $147 billion a year in health costs.

"While such policies will not solve the obesity epidemic in its entirety and may face considerable opposition from food manufacturers and sellers, they could prove an important strategy to address overconsumption, help reduce energy intake and potentially aid in weight loss and reduced rates of diabetes among U.S. adults," wrote the team led by Kiyah Duffey of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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One comment from that section:

"...which costs the United States an estimated $147 billion a year in health costs."

It wouldn't cost that much if health care weren't already socialized. Nobody would have to worry about the cost of someone else's complications from obesity if that obese person paid his own way.

Health care reform must equal health care freedom.