Well, actually NY Gov. David Paterson's Budget plan shows he does have brains as far as how to screw over his constituents with another tax.
An "obesity tax" on non-diet soda to raise $404 million? See where it goes, people? I mean, not even talking about the tax, who's to say who is obese and who isn't by which type of soda they decide to choose in the first place? Some people just prefer the flavor of a non-diet soda for crying out loud.
That aside, what next? Watch out for something like a baby formula tax. You know, you should all be breast feeding. That's what God gave you those breasts for in the first place.
Wisconsin will be next, I'm sure, for some type of a zero-brain tax.
"New taxes, deep cuts to education and health care, and a restructuring of the state's economic development programs will be hallmarks of Gov. David Paterson's first budget plan to be released in two days, according to interviews of people briefed on components.
The plan will come with a host of revenue raisers — increased taxes on hospitals and insurance policies, for instance — and at least one new assessment, a so-called obesity tax on non-diet soda to raise $404 million. The governor also is contemplating requiring new license plates to raise cash, reviving sales tax on clothing purchases, removing the tax cap on gasoline and threatening to require Indian retailers to collect taxes on sales to non-Indians by signing into law a bill passed earlier this year by the Legislature.
Paterson will unveil the spending plan, aimed at closing a $12.5 billion deficit for next year, on Tuesday. The total size of the Paterson budget is unknown."
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