If you haven't yet seen the (corn) syrupy ads from the beverage industry opposing a possible tax on soft drinks/sodas/colas, then you have not relived the bizarre "educational" films we had to sit through as teens back in the day, minus the flapping sound of the film leaving the reel. ( There was always a geeky kid in thick glasses running the movie projector who leapt up to save the day at that point.) Apparently sodas are woven into the fabric of American life far tighter than I knew, right up there with apple pie, handguns for the demented, and fear of health care reform.
Anyhoo.
Let's just tax everything food-stupid, like the tiny portions of fake cheese packaged with partially hydrogenized-fat-laden crackers, chemical-infused microwave popcorn, iceberg lettuce, and icky- sweet huge, mushy so-called Delicious apples.
Actually, I honestly have no clue as to the acres of food-stupid offerings available at the supermarket. If I am standing in line at one, I am clutching toilet paper or cleaning products, and the people in front of and behind me are buying cartons of Dr. Pepper and Sprite, usually Diet. These people are by definition fat. Diet Schmi-et. Fat.
My personal chubs come from drinking wine and nibbling on full-fat and real- sugared Delicious ice cream. I think I'm already being taxed on wine-imbibing, so let the soda-slurpers pay their fair share! ( Leave my Starbucks Java Chip Frappuccino alone.)
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