Philly SHOCKED that new large soda tax is hurting consumers

[Goldwater]

Well, I happen to like sugary drinks, of both the soda variety and the latte variety.

[Goldwater]

EDIT: ninja'd by RINO Tom of all people. Strange bedfellows, I suppose.

Yeah, I have to admit it kind of amusing to see one of Michael Bloomberg's biggest fans (i.e. one of the three people on this site that actually likes him) arguing against this.

[Goldwater]

EDIT: ninja'd by RINO Tom of all people. Strange bedfellows, I suppose.

Yeah, I have to admit it kind of amusing to see one of Michael Bloomberg's biggest fans (i.e. one of the three people on this site that actually likes him) arguing against this.

LOL, I am NOT a fan of Bloomberg.  I am even less of a fan of people who hate him because he supports policies that "help the affluent" (and, in his mind, by extension everyone else), but I am not a nanny stater in any sense of the word.

Oh, I see. Maybe I mixed you up with somebody else? Maybe I was thinking of Computer/Old School Republican?

[Goldwater]

[Obligatory spiel about how 'morality is absurd' is a moral argument]

Seriously dude, you can't escape this stuff. Even 'no harm' or 'consent' based politics are in fact moral arguments. It's just a question where you draw the line.

Yeah, you can support a libertarian view on social issues while recognizing it as a form of morality, it's not that hard. I mean, how is saying "it's morally wrong to force a person to do x" not a moral statement?