waking up to the obesity and diabetes epidemic - but this tax may not pass. notice they have nothing on the high fructose corn syrup which is the real killer - but of course that would be hard to do for the "yes we can" president.
obama supported large agri-subsidy increases in the farm bill last year - errr... cant be pissing-off those corn farmers in Iowa can we?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/business/17soda.html?_r=1&ref=business
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birth control could be one of the world's best tools for fighting climate change.
"When It Comes to Pollution, Less (Kids) May Be More
"By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
"...In the United States, each baby results in 1,644 tons of carbon dioxide, five times more than a baby in China and 91 times more than an infant in Bangladesh, according to the Oregon State study. That is because Americans live relatively long, and live in a country whose long car commutes, coal-burning power plants and cathedral ceilings give it some of the highest per-capita emissions in the world...."
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