Tax sodapop to fight fat, US health officials say
• AFPWASHINGTON (AFP) – US health sheriffs want to ride the sugary drinks that are helping to make Americans fat out of town, or at least off Americans' menu of choice, and one way they suggest going about it is by taxing sodapop.
After "sin taxes" I have no problem with a "fat tax" or a stupid tax or an ugly tax or a tax on people with freckles. What the hell ever.