March 2012 Archives

Our Assemblyman Bill Monning is sponsoring a bill, AB 669, which proposes a "penny-an-ounce" tax on all "sweetened" beverages because, he claims, the sugar in these beverages cause health problems leading to obesity, diabetes, heart disease and hypertension.  Moreover, he compares this health threat to that of smoking cigarettes.

            The concept here is that "we", the general public, if left alone, cannot determine proper dietary habits, so the State of California (Big Brother) must step in and tax all those bad things we eat which will cause us to select a more healthful diet.

One would think, based upon all the rhetoric concerning Rush Limbaugh's foul mouth and abusive comments that somehow our perceptive leadership had finally settled on an issue of majestic importance - or is this just another babble of tongues designed, apparently, to divert our attention from really important issues - like maybe a sobering look at over-population, pollution and the apparent effort to destroy the very planet upon which live?