Comments on: Food Police Want to Tax You into Eating Healthy http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: vmr http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-502301 vmr Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:29:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-502301 You Can Tax MY Tortilla When You Pry It From My Chile Covered Fingers. http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Mexicans-Against-the-Tortilla-Tax/301928385838?ref=nf You Can Tax MY Tortilla When You Pry It From My Chile Covered Fingers.

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]]> By: seven http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-368577 seven Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:33:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-368577 10. marciecurie: “Why not stop subsidizing corn farmers, who produce high fructose corn syrup by the tons” Mellissa: "Good question. Well since the corn producing states are ALL RED/REPUBLICAN STATES that’s a bit of a debacle for the DEMS that are now in power. Farm subsidies are the political THIRD RAIL in the Midwest and responsible for untold wealth. If Dems stop farm subsidies to Republican states/farmers well, there’s no chance of converting the heathens. So, taxes it shall be…that way every American suffers for the greed of a few." The Ethanol farce drove up corn prices. The farmers of course ned profits because lending is diverted by Barney Frank to home buyers with no jobs and no down payment. I am glad farmers make profits because they all will face bad years. Greed is Resident Obama selling a book and making millions on the Writings of Bill Ayers. It also wasted a lot of trees. 10. marciecurie:
“Why not stop subsidizing corn farmers, who produce high fructose corn syrup by the tons”

Mellissa:
“Good question.
Well since the corn producing states are ALL RED/REPUBLICAN STATES that’s a bit of a debacle for the DEMS that are now in power. Farm subsidies are the political THIRD RAIL in the Midwest and responsible for untold wealth.

If Dems stop farm subsidies to Republican states/farmers well, there’s no chance of converting the heathens. So, taxes it shall be…that way every American suffers for the greed of a few.”

The Ethanol farce drove up corn prices. The farmers of course ned profits because lending is diverted by Barney Frank to home buyers with no jobs and no down payment. I am glad farmers make profits because they all will face bad years.

Greed is Resident Obama selling a book and making millions on the Writings of Bill Ayers. It also wasted a lot of trees.

]]> By: Sedentary ... http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-368294 Sedentary ... Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:31:12 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-368294 ... but slim. I know the distinctions could be hard to work out, but wouldn't it be sensible to tax foods with nutritional value so low that they can hardly be properly called "food?" Yes, big government is a scary thing, but, as many have said here, having to pay money to subsidize other people's reckless behavior is also not acceptable. And modifying one's diet by not drinking sugary drinks and munching on potato chips will almost inevitably reduce obesity, at least somewhat. There are "foods" one doesn't need any more than cigarettes. … but slim. I know the distinctions could be hard to work out, but wouldn’t it be sensible to tax foods with nutritional value so low that they can hardly be properly called “food?” Yes, big government is a scary thing, but, as many have said here, having to pay money to subsidize other people’s reckless behavior is also not acceptable. And modifying one’s diet by not drinking sugary drinks and munching on potato chips will almost inevitably reduce obesity, at least somewhat. There are “foods” one doesn’t need any more than cigarettes.

]]> By: polkabout http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-368174 polkabout Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:14:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-368174 42. myth buster This article & my comment was concerning taxation. What the hell has your comment got to do with taxation. Find an appropriate subject matter for that babble. 42. myth buster

This article & my comment was concerning taxation. What the hell has your comment got to do with taxation. Find an appropriate subject matter for that babble.

]]> By: Blarty Blarckleblart http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-367926 Blarty Blarckleblart Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:08:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-367926 62. Brian: You may legitimately disagree with how the CC has been interpreted over the years, but nonetheless it IS the authority under which such laws are passed. RE: federalism, yes, the founders probably intended the federal government to be less powerful than it is now in relation to the states (although the Supremacy Clause still speaks for itself). Then there was a little "correction" in the 1860s that demonstrated that a strong nation requires a strong central government. A loose confederation of largely independent states simply wouldn't have survived - as it very nearly didn't. 62. Brian:

You may legitimately disagree with how the CC has been interpreted over the years, but nonetheless it IS the authority under which such laws are passed.

RE: federalism, yes, the founders probably intended the federal government to be less powerful than it is now in relation to the states (although the Supremacy Clause still speaks for itself). Then there was a little “correction” in the 1860s that demonstrated that a strong nation requires a strong central government. A loose confederation of largely independent states simply wouldn’t have survived – as it very nearly didn’t.

]]> By: Brian http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-367894 Brian Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:37:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-367894 I somehow knew you were going to pull out the interstate commerce clause, as this is what politicians have been using as their justification for years. However its a subversion of the intent. It's twisting the Constitution of our nation. Do you REALLY think the intent of that clause was to allow the federal govenment to tax soda in order to control the citizens? That is a huge stretch! But even if you chose to blindly agree with the politicians on this. What does interstate commerce have to do with a product which is often sold in the same state it's manufactured in? Many beverage companies INCLUDING beer manufacturers have plants all over the country... and as such the product may never cross state lines.. how can the federal government then say they can regulate AND tax the product by way of the interstate commerce clause? Many gun manufacturers are fighting this right now, because the federal government has used the interstate clause to regulate guns as well.... it has used it to regulate just about everything the regulate... it was a subversion they have taken advantage of to the fullest in attempting to take control away from the states, which is where the founders of this country intended it to be largely governed from. NOT the federal government. That is why the federal government was defined so carefully... while the states were broadly defined and each has it's own Constitution. I somehow knew you were going to pull out the interstate commerce clause, as this is what politicians have been using as their justification for years. However its a subversion of the intent. It’s twisting the Constitution of our nation. Do you REALLY think the intent of that clause was to allow the federal govenment to tax soda in order to control the citizens? That is a huge stretch!
But even if you chose to blindly agree with the politicians on this. What does interstate commerce have to do with a product which is often sold in the same state it’s manufactured in? Many beverage companies INCLUDING beer manufacturers have plants all over the country… and as such the product may never cross state lines.. how can the federal government then say they can regulate AND tax the product by way of the interstate commerce clause?
Many gun manufacturers are fighting this right now, because the federal government has used the interstate clause to regulate guns as well…. it has used it to regulate just about everything the regulate… it was a subversion they have taken advantage of to the fullest in attempting to take control away from the states, which is where the founders of this country intended it to be largely governed from. NOT the federal government. That is why the federal government was defined so carefully… while the states were broadly defined and each has it’s own Constitution.

]]> By: Blarty Blarckleblart http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-367732 Blarty Blarckleblart Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:09:08 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-367732 <i>Can you point to me where the authority comes from?</i> "[The Congress shall have power] To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes." Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3 Can you point to me where the authority comes from?

“[The Congress shall have power] To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”

Art. I, Sec. 8, cl. 3

]]> By: Calvin Ball http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-367536 Calvin Ball Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:33:56 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-367536 Also, Q: What's the difference between a sin tax and a papal indulgence? A: The entity selling the indulgence. If it's wrong, outlaw it. If it's not wrong, it's not a sin. If the government says out of one side of its mouth that it's wrong, and then permits it anyway for a fee, what is it, class? Also,

Q: What’s the difference between a sin tax and a papal indulgence?

A: The entity selling the indulgence.

If it’s wrong, outlaw it. If it’s not wrong, it’s not a sin. If the government says out of one side of its mouth that it’s wrong, and then permits it anyway for a fee, what is it, class?

]]> By: Calvin Ball http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-367535 Calvin Ball Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:29:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-367535 <blockquote>They should come up with a cap-and-trade for fast food…..NOT.</blockquote> You're not thinking like an environmentalist. Think recycle. As in <em>crap</em>-and-trade. We can all recycle each other's food. What could be greener and healthier?

They should come up with a cap-and-trade for fast food…..NOT.

You’re not thinking like an environmentalist. Think recycle. As in crap-and-trade. We can all recycle each other’s food. What could be greener and healthier?

]]> By: Brian http://pjmedia.com/blog/food-police-want-to-tax-you-into-eating-healthy/#comment-367394 Brian Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:27:34 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=63120#comment-367394 "Query: if Congress doesn’t have the constitutional authority to tax unhealthy food, then how does it tax, say, tobacco or alcohol?" Excellent question. Maybe because people just accept the government has that power. Can you point to me where the authority comes from? 10th amendment The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. “Query: if Congress doesn’t have the constitutional authority to tax unhealthy food, then how does it tax, say, tobacco or alcohol?”

Excellent question. Maybe because people just accept the government has that power. Can you point to me where the authority comes from?

10th amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

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