Alderman George Cardenas Wants You to Get Fat
The latest hubbub in Chi town is Ald. Cardenas wanting to add a 20-25 cent tax to bottled water. According to Channel 2: (hey Kristyn, don't you and Chris be strangers!)
"Cardenas also said a bottled water tax would help the environment by dissuading people from buying the plastic bottles that end up in landfills."
Hmm... then why not tax ALL plastic bottles at lower rate? If your goal is to dissuade people from buying the plastic bottles, you won't be seeing as much tax revenues either.
But finally, if the tax were to go thru, bottled water would conceivably cost more than sugary soda pop. So when the lower income folks and kids stop by 7-11, why not give them another reason to stay healthy?
