The Proposed Soda Tax: The Poor and Middle Class Pay the Price Why must the poor and middle class suffer whenever money is needed to fund some programs or fix the deficit? People are stripped to the bone already‚ what with the Enron scandal and Bernie Madoff making off with millions of citizens savings. Now the poor and middle class people of this great nation are being called upon once again‚ to give more of the nothing that they already don’t have for a Soda Tax. A tax that health
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what it has come to. Therefore‚ the government needs to impose a soda tax. The soda tax debate has garnered big headlines in newspapers. It ’s only fitting that the attention surrounding America ’s obesity epidemic might come to rest on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs.) The nation ’s penchant for soft drinks is on the rise; we now drink on average 50 gallons per person per year‚ about double the amount we drank in 1977. (The Soda Tax: Potential Weapon In America ’s War Against Obsesity) Last year
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One person will say ‚”that bottled water is better” and another will say‚” no way tap is better.” Almost like the on going argument that went on in Bobby Bushay’s head in the movie Water Boy where he was saying H2O is better than Gatorade. But when it truly comes down to it tap water is really the winner. It’s better than bottled water in many ways in general. Firstly it costs a whole lot less than bottled water‚ secondly because most of the time bottle water is that same as tap‚ and lastly it does
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Bottled Water and Tap Water The quality of water that we drink is a significant determinant of our health. Guarantee of the safety of water is a base for the prevention of diseases. Several people prefer to drink bottled or commercial mineral water in the presumption that they are safer and have quality as compared to tap water. I believe that tap water is the best choice for a few different reasons‚ Bottled water is very popular and easily available at most stores. Consumers spend a large
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Take a Bottle of Chemicals Please Water‚ our main source to survive. Water is the fuel humans run off of to become healthy‚ hydrated‚ and energized. The difference is whether people drink out of a bottle or out of the sink. When cooking‚ cleaning‚ showering and brushing teeth people are using the water coming from the underground or above ground. It is easily accessed in everyday lives. Most prefer a bottle because it is already filtered and it is cleaner but‚ water like Dasani or Zepherhills has more
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welcomed by neither citizen nor the New York highest court. According to a nationwide poll by Rasmussen Reports‚ only 19 percent of adults support the soda ban‚ and the highest court rejected the Sugary Drinks Portion Cap rule in 2014‚ saying it was “exceeded the scope of its regulatory authority” (Eugene). In my opinion‚ the soda ban is an effective
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Experiment Title: Soda Straw Balance Grade Level: 3rd Grade Process-oriented objectives: The students will be able to measure weights of very small objects using the soda straw balance. Processes addressed: observing‚ communicating‚ measuring‚ predicting‚ and inferring NSES Content Standards: A &E Source of Experiment: Formulating and testing hypothesis; experimenting and constructing model. Materials: straws‚ bolts or screws‚ pins‚ equal sided blocks‚ and scissors. Safety Precautions: Teacher
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Tap water seen as the better choice There have been on-going debates; “Whether bottled water is better for you?” This debate always ends up with two different sides. Some people prefer bottled water over tap water for several reasons‚ but others think variably. In my personal opinion‚ I think bottled water is the same as tap water for a numerous reasons. Bottled water is expensive‚ it creates a lot more pollution in the landfill‚ and lastly bottled water is not any better‚ healthier or safer
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gain. This article was Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s proposal to ban the sale of sugary sodas above sixteen ounces. This proposal would only affect restaurants‚ theaters‚ and sports venues. Grocery stores or vending machines will not be affected with the soda ban in any way. Yet‚ in my opinion‚ sodas are not the only problem that increases obesity. As an example of a similar proposal‚ studies have shown that the ban of sodas in schools did not decrease weight gain. Sometimes we have to look deeper into
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Which water is better to drink tap water or bottle water? That question is very common now days. Water is an essential part of human life. Whatever top water or bottled water‚ we need to drink at least 8 glasses of water per day to make sure we are healthy and everything run correctly‚ but the principal disagreement is that most people prefer to drink bottled water than tap water. Most of us would agree that the argument for drinking bottled water is basically the flavor and there are those who
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