define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Tom Petri thinks you drink and crap too much, and don’t stink enough https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/07/tom-petri-thinks-you-drink-and-crap-too-much-and-dont-stink-enough/ The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:33:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: HeatherRadish https://norunnyeggs.com/2009/07/tom-petri-thinks-you-drink-and-crap-too-much-and-dont-stink-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-37607 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:33:40 +0000 https://norunnyeggs.com/?p=6422#comment-37607 Notice they’re taxing bottled beverages and not beverages sold by Starbucks in disposable cups, which also end up in lakes and rivers (both the container and the beverage). And alcoholic beverages–well, beer, I suppose wine and liqueurs are off-limits since they’re “Stuff Affluent Liberal White People Like”–are gonna get taxed in a separate bill.

The excise tax on pharmaceuticals is interesting…when the federal government becomes the sole provider/dispenser of health care, is it going to pay the tax to itself? And does anyone really believe adding a couple bucks a month to the cost of the Pill is going to keep the estrogens from harming fish?

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