Thursday, May 14, 2009 4:29 PM
Dick Armey's Ire Over Proposed Beverage Tax
Freedom Works, a grassroots conservative group that advocates for lower taxes and less government, has hit cyberspace with an email soliciting support for staving off a possible increase in the excise tax on soda.
Freedom Works Chairman Dick Armey, the former House Majority Leader, is a lobbyist for DLP Piper. In 2008, Armey represented Diageo, an international beverage business.
"They [liberals in Congress] think that a tax on soft drinks is better than any other type of tax," said Armey. "They are wrong, and need to understand this message loud and clear: No new taxes!"
Armey's ire is in response to a proposal which recommends increasing the tax on soda and alcoholic beverages as a way to generate revenue to pay for health care. The beverage tax, promoted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, was one of many ideas presented to the Senate Finance Committee in a roundtable discussion.
The full testimony by the center Executive director Michael Jacobson can be read here.
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Sofia Otter
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
You're kidding me! Soon we will even be taxed on the air we breathe. I really think that they overreact with the beverages. Sometimes I guess it's no worth thinking of all the stuff they do and all the 'bright' ideas they have. We should mind our own business, enjoy fine dining Tucson services, have those beverages without thinking that they could put a tax on them in the future.
Mike Jones
Sunday, January 23, 2011
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Mike Jones
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Freedom Works, a grassroots conservative group that advocates for lower taxes and less government, has hit cyberspace with an email soliciting support for staving off a possible increase in the excise tax on soda.
Anne Brunt
Sunday, November 21, 2010
"They [liberals in Congress] think that a tax on soft drinks is better than any other type of tax," said Armey. "They are wrong, and need to understand this message loud and clear: No new taxes!" wii softmod | softmod wii
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Monday, April 26, 2010
You have got to be kidding. How about we tax all junk food and highly processed foods soda and every unhealthy item out there and sell unprocesssed things like meat vegies and fruit really cheap, or better yet why don't insurance companies charge higher rates for obese people and less rates for skinny people. Did you know that schools in usd 233 have removed regular soda from their machines and put only diet in! Sugar subsitutes are bad for young develping brains. Diet is just as unhealthy as regular and promotes weight gain just the same as regular! Why do we even have soda and sports drinks, and junk food machines in the schools anyway? Oh so that the school can have more money. Taxing our beverages will not alter somones choices to indulge, just have less money. Lets teach and live by example not TAX! Why does the government think a tax fixes everything, especially their problems. How about they fix their budget problem internally!