Originally posted 3/12/10 by jefevonstanley on MediaElites.com.
Fellow New Yorker:
Do you feel that special interests stack the deck against you and your children’s best interests? Nice. Lead with a reference to the “children” so that your stroking my sadism feels like you’re really celebrating my altruism.
I do, particularly when it comes to personal health. And who can be opposed to personal health, right Dick? Lobbyists and trade associations are spending huge sums on advertising campaigns designed to hoodwink you about the No. 1 common habit among obese New York adults and children the second mention of children – drinking sugar-sweetened beverages. Great but please don’t try to combat it by also hoodwinking me too, ‘k? Choose your next words carefully or you’re gonna lose me.
Continued at http://mediaelites.com/2010/03/12/fat-tax-really-a-feel-good-tax-for-the-nonfat/