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Posted Jan 24 2010 6:48pm  Junk food tax is junk policy  Junk
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only thing these taxes succeed in making slimmer is your
pocketbook. That's something Washingtonians may discover if the
legislature succeeds in passing a new tax on "unhealthy" food.
A CBS poll published Jan. 8 showed that although most Americans
want to be healthier and lose weight60 percent oppose taxing so-
called junk foods. Unfortunatelythe public's opposition has not
stopped some policymakers and special interests from
implementing taxes to discourage people from eating foods the
"experts" deem unhealthy.  Starting in MarchRomania will become
the first country to place a nationwide tax on any food or
beverage the government claims is unhealthy. In the United
States33 states currently tax soft drinksand 15 tax candy at a
higher rate than other products. Cities are c