Taxing soda to pay for healthcare

AND ... there are already TV commercials urging us to fight this proposal. Surprised??

Not really surprised because I don't think "sin taxes" are a good way to fund health care; such taxes don't provide a reliable source of funding for social services. We need responsible public policy. Who's sponsoring the commercials? Probably some front group for the insurance industry who doesn't want reform because it threatens their ability to make a profit at the expense of people who need health care. Wake up and see this for what it is; a cunning strategy on the part of industry insiders and their handmaiden politicians to get the soft drink, distilled spirits and the American beverage manufacturer's association to use their profits to fight reform. Such legislators are playing the "influence game"; a smoke and mirrors approach-threatening to legislate HIGHER TAXES on products mobilizes the industry to launch these attacks.