No Fatties Tax

So, Obama says that a tax on soda, a kind of fat tax, should be considered. He always gets in such trouble for being open-minded. I'm not really that big of a fan of sin taxes, being generally pro-sin (of the fun kind) and opposed to regressive taxes. I'd rather just repeal Bush's tax cuts, which by the way cost two-and-a-half times more than current healthcare proposals over a ten year period. Ironically, fat taxes do not affect fat cats much...

Finally, a snarky commenter nails it, with this gem:

Yes, we are going to tax ALL fatty foods. We actually were just going to start with Lays potato chips but nobody could tax just one.