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08 Apr 2018, 6:12 am

Those were the simple days...



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13 Apr 2018, 3:33 pm

Because people want to eat junk. That is something you can control. Time of the month isn't something you can control or facial hair growth or bodily functions or personal care. If they decided to tax feminine and care products, then I would agree with the protests but not on junk food because I couldn't careless. It's just junk and a luxury, you don't need it and you can save money that way too buy not buying any. You don't need snacks either or desserts and this is your chance to find something else to comfort you like watch TV, play video games, read, do the computer than just snacking.


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13 Apr 2018, 3:34 pm

SabbraCadabra wrote:
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Because of the sugar tax, most soft drinks now include carcinogenic sweeteners instead of sugar, even the main ones that aren’t named sugar-free or reduced sugar in any way.

We have the same thing in America (but not Canada, last I checked). I have to check labels all the time now.

Not to mention, artificial sweeteners cause diabetes, too.



I have not noticed any sugar tax here. :?


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13 Apr 2018, 3:57 pm

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13 Apr 2018, 4:30 pm

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A few months ago I drank a can of Dr. Pepper. That’s the first and only time I’ve drank any pop in the last ~5 years. The f**k if I care if they charge $10 a can. :lol:


I don't drink sugary beverages either. That doesn't mean I don't see potential problems, even if they don't affect me personally. What if they want to start taxing something you do use like the internet? People pay income tax and sales tax, and that should be enough tax, without adding individualized item taxes. I think it sets a bad precedent.

My guess is the next item to be individually taxed will be gasoline. And I supposed the liberal reply to that will be, "good, it will force people to take public transportation and force them to ride bicycles which will make them healthier and best of all it will save the planet". The keyword being; force.



I thought they already to charge tax on gasoline? :?

Also until electric cars become affordable and everyone is having one including low income class people, then we can start this more. By then people would be making a choice of having gasoline cars but right now it's not a choice.


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13 Apr 2018, 4:41 pm

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13 Apr 2018, 4:49 pm

EzraS wrote:
Obesity isn't caused by sugar consumption. I go to a nearby convenience store regularly to grab a can of my favorite (sugar free) beverage and often see thin people buying 1 or 2 large bottles of some sugary beverage.

What causes obesity is consuming too many calories. This was demonstrated by a nutrition professor who lost 27 pounds in 10 weeks on a Twinkie diet.

Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds



Yep that is correct, too much calorie intake is the cause. Sugar just makes you eat more because it runs through you fast and junk food is just empty calories and doesn't fill you up. That is why people say it makes you gain weight.


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