On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Scott Raley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Anyone see the news article on NBC about possibly putting a tax on > chocolate > in some European country to help bring in revenue and at the same time help > stop obesity since chocolate is a reward and shouldn't be everyone's daily > snack. > > The problems with adding tax to anything is, they never go through with actions of spending the money where it was stated it would go in the first place. In EU, this is slightly different than what they want or wanted to do in NY as an example. New York Governor David Paterson has announced that he intends to place an 18 per cent sales tax on non-diet soft drinks to combat obesity and related diseases, with the funds raised directed to health care. http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/2008/12/18/new-york-governor-proposes-tax-on-non-diet-soft-drinks.html This money might very well go to health care BUT the 18% gained here will be moved out of health care into other area. Remember when Lottery Ticket Sales in many states uses to go to help fund schools. USA would have one of the best educational systems in the world if this was tru ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291642 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
