Fat Tax... Rush was right again.

[ironmonk]

[b]Fat Tax Hits New Fallujah [/b]

May 9, 2005

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RUSH: My friends, I can't let the day end without talking about this story. As a matter of fact, grab audio sound bite number one Mr. Broadcast Engineer, because I've been predicting this for I don't know how long. Now, the audio we have here is from cassette, but it is a cassette of this program. We used to, before the high-tech days, roll off the daily copy of this program on an audio cassette and that's where we have to go to get this. It's from June 5th, 1995, and this is eight years ago.

RUSH ARCHIVE: If we can save the lives of our children by raising the cost of cigarettes to five or six bucks a pack, why not save the lives of our children even more with, say, Big Macs and Whoppers that are five and six bucks. Oh, no, not tomorrow, not next week, but it's coming, to a McDonald's near you, or a Wendy's or a Burger King or a KFC, whatever.

RUSH: Again that's from a cassette from 1995. Well, last week Detroit residents discovered that their mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, had racked up big bucks on his government credit card. Detroit's budget 300 million bucks in the red, the mayor spent at least $210,000 on travel and meals including an $85 bottle of campaign, part of a $200 tab at P. Diddy's Restaurant in Atlanta. Now, Detroit's lost population since the 1950s. The tax base continues to erode. Businesses and affluent residents continue to flee to the 'burbs, and Mayor Kilpatrick has already faced protests over massive layoffs and service cuts. Meanwhile, the mayor has cultivated an image as a guy who enjoys the hip-hop lifestyle despite bad press over lavish parties and personal use of city vehicles. That was last week. This week, Mayor Kilpatrick wants Detroit voters, those that are left, to approve a 2% fast food tax on top of the already existing 6% sales tax imposed on restaurant meals. Kwame claims that consumers, the ones who are left in Detroit, will barely notice the extra tax. Critics say that the fat tax, as it's being called, which is exactly, I think, what I suggested back in 1995. Critics say the fat tax, as it's being called, would disproportionately hit the poor and hamper economic development. Hey, not just the poor, but minorities as well. Now, if this is enacted Detroit would be the first US city to successfully target the fast food industry. If it flies, without riots breaking out in New Fallujah, which is my pet name for Detroit, you can bet your bottom dollar that liberal mayors in every other failing blue state city will be licking their chops ready to follow suit. Those that are left, I mean, blue state cities.

So there you have it, 2% tax on fast food. It does target the poor. I mean, there's no question, targets the poor and minorities; and there's old Kwame Kilpatrick spending the state's money out of style on his own lifestyle and wants the poor who frequent fast food restaurants, and everybody else that frequents them, to pay an additional 2% tax on top of the already 6% restaurant tax that exists.

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God Bless,
ironmonk

Edited May 10, 2005 by ironmonk

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

Rush needs to stop living in 2003.

[Mateo el Feo]

Democrats: Champions of regressive taxation? Ironic.

[dUSt]

Who cares.

[Mateo el Feo]

[quote name='dUSt' date='May 10 2005, 02:05 PM'] Who cares. [/quote]
If your bill at Tippy's Taco went from $3.99 to $4.07, you'd care!

[ironmonk]

It starts with just a few cents, but the demented crooks will see a cash cow and milk it until we are dry.

The fact that the poor are going to be the ones most effected is an issue. This also has to do with freedom... they believe you should be able to freely choose to kill your child, but God forbid you want a Big Mac without being punished for wanting that Big Mac since it's such a horrible killer. <smell the sarcasim>

God Bless,
ironmonk

[1337 k4th0l1x0r]

[quote name='ironmonk' date='May 10 2005, 09:47 PM'] It starts with just a few cents, but the demented crooks will see a cash cow and milk it until we are dry.

The fact that the poor are going to be the ones most effected is an issue. This also has to do with freedom... they believe you should be able to freely choose to kill your child, but God forbid you want a Big Mac without being punished for wanting that Big Mac since it's such a horrible killer. <smell the sarcasim>

God Bless,
ironmonk [/quote]
Don't forget about the gay sex lifestyle. Fast food is the biggest culprit in America. Even the salads there will make you grossly obese.

[crusader1234]

There should be higher taxes on fatty foods. In Canada, where healthcare is public, there should be higher taxes on fat people in general. Just like with smokers, they put a burden on the healthcare system and the rest of us have to foot the bill. That ain't right.

[Aloysius]

yes, that ain't right. that's why the government shouldn't be dealing with people in such a way. it hinders freedom. you simply want to have the government hinder freedom more and more so you can reep the benefits of your socialist healthcare; don't you see that that is Catholocism's very objection to socialism? its denial of private property, control over your own destiny (as opposed to government control), and thus freedom itself is why Catholocism is against all forms of socialism... and you're illustrating just how true this fits in with socialist healthcare.. hey this isn't fair! let's just get higher taxes on people that eat fast food and are fat so it'll be more fair! did it ever enter your mind that maybe instead of increasing the shackles on someone else so that it's more fair, you should want to free both of you from shackles?

end of rant on socialized healthcare.. I'm going off to do my hw.. writing a paper called "Distributized Healthcare"... it'll knock my class's socks off.

[ardillacid]

They tax just about everthing in life, why not add some more taxes. (sarcasm)

[Mateo el Feo]

[quote name='crusader1234' date='May 11 2005, 12:16 AM'] they put a burden on the healthcare system and the rest of us have to foot the bill. That ain't right. [/quote]
This is the pattern for many taxes: somebody puts a financial burden on some government entitlement program, and "We the People" have to foot the bill. Welcome to the welfare state.

[ardillacid]

I have an idea that will make all democrats stop raising taxes...we give the government all of our money! Yes, who really needs their own money anyways, the government is so much more careful, and much smarter than we are. (but don't believe it)

[kateri05]

heres an idea: lets hike the fast food tax (cuz lets face it, obesisty is a HUGE problem in the US) and CUT CUT CUT the federal AND state gas tax (cuz lets face it, gas would be like 18 cents cheaper if we got rid of 'em!)

who's for it?

[ironmonk]

[quote name='Aloysius' date='May 11 2005, 01:24 AM'] yes, that ain't right. that's why the government shouldn't be dealing with people in such a way. it hinders freedom. you simply want to have the government hinder freedom more and more so you can reep the benefits of your socialist healthcare; don't you see that that is Catholocism's very objection to socialism? its denial of private property, control over your own destiny (as opposed to government control), and thus freedom itself is why Catholocism is against all forms of socialism... and you're illustrating just how true this fits in with socialist healthcare.. hey this isn't fair! let's just get higher taxes on people that eat fast food and are fat so it'll be more fair! did it ever enter your mind that maybe instead of increasing the shackles on someone else so that it's more fair, you should want to free both of you from shackles?

end of rant on socialized healthcare.. I'm going off to do my hw.. writing a paper called "Distributized Healthcare"... it'll knock my class's socks off. [/quote]
well said brother. well said.

[Carrie]

Let's remember that not all fat people are fat due to eating fast food. There are other reasons people can be fat as well, such as health issues like thyroid problems.

Assuming all fat people are fat becaue they eat fast food? Talk about judging.