Anyone who makes less than 250k won't pay a dime more in taxes...what a lie

Actually President Obama was referring to INCOME taxes when he said no one making under $250,000 would pay more in taxes. Nobody likes more taxes on anything but at least when it's on something like soda people have a choice to not buy them or to buy less unlike an income tax increase or an increase in gas or other energy taxes. I think most Americans would be happy to pay a few pennies for a bottle of soda if it helped lower the cost of health care and make it accessible to some who have none now. It's great that the health care industry is willing to do their part to reduce costs or to slow down the increase but that alone won't solve the problem. I'm not so sure the insurance companies will be willing to give up very much. They're the ones who have been lobbying the hardest against any health care reform for years. The bottom line is everybody needs health care but currently many people don't have it and can't get it. In an emergency they can go to their local ER knowing they can't afford the bill which will usually be close to $1000 for a case of the flu or an earache. That cost gets passed on to all of those who can pay in the form of higher premiums and higher fees for medical care. If everyone were covered there would be fewer ER visits for routine illnesses, there would be more people getting the preventative care they need and the regular medications that will keep them healthy and out of the ER and costs would go down for everyone. There is no bill yet because it hasn't been worked out yet but one thing I've heard stressed over and over is those who have insurance and are happy with it will be able to keep it. I know nobody here wants to read this but if everyone drank less soda and other drinks that are about 90% sugar we'd all be healthier. I don't want the government telling me what to do or what to eat and drink anymore than you do but the truth is they may be doing us all a favor. We've been trying to cut the grandkids' soda consumption down for awhile now and believe it or not, they sometimes actually ASK for water or juice. Annie

It didn't take that to make Obama a liar! What's amazing is that people actually believed him and even now don't see how they're being abused. If we pay all our money into taxes, though, we can all get on the government dole and the we can all do exactly what they say we should. I think that's what they're after.

OK i guess i will be the one who stands out and doesn't say what everyone else is saying....."sugary drinks" are bad for people.....your pointing out about how "no one making under 250 k will be paying more taxes" doesnt quite apply in this areas because EVERYONE will pay more on these taxes on grocery items, so quoting that is basically just trying to stir the pot. Making sugary drinks like soda more expensive will lower people with bad dental problems FOR SURE....and it will also hopefully lower obesity...how is that a bad thing????????????????

Well, you know, this is what I said all along. They can't do it without raising taxes on us one way or another. They can keep their promise of not raising the income tax, in fact, they can decrease it. But they can safely raise every other tax and fee and still keep their promise. People were just too blind to see it. I guess, now I get to say to all of them TOLD YOU SO!

Obama contradicted himself as president. I feel we may have chose a wrong president. Oh, where does the extra tax money goes to? Michelle's cost for style or another swing set for his daughters?

Obviously he was just saying that to get elected. This is ridiculous, the government should not be taking over health care at all, especially when they cannot afford it in the first place! When will people wake up?

What did anyone expect. Look at the local level and you will see how they will lead on the big stage. When Democrats are given a chance to create a new program they will find a new way to increase taxes. All I got to say is let us get use to it. When the tax-us-more-acrats and their supporters running the country right now this is what we get. Now we have got to fight back, I am not saying that we give up, but this is proof why instead of give government more responsibilities we should strip government of responsibilities. Their actions effect our life, and I am not just talking about those that are elected but your neighbor who voted for Obama and his party. Just because someone voted Democrat we will all get to pay more in taxes on sugary drinks, boy I hope they are happy.

Once again, Obama is caught in a bold faced lie, and no Obama supporter comes out to defend him. But when you say something in support of him, they are all over that!

I have only met one politician that is not a liar. He is one of our State Reps. here in Fl. However, you do not expect your Pres. to be pathalogical. He must have pushed the wrong button on his teleprompter to lie all the time instead of just most of the time when he was running for office. I do know that the powers that be are hard at work making sure that there are just two classes of people in this country. The very rich and the very poor. The middle class is fading quickly. The Rich and the Middle Class vote. The Poor tend not to vote as much. They give up. So it is much easier to handle them, and keep control of the country if there are only two classes. At least until the poor get really angry...... Shalom? Adoniah

If anyone actually believed that 0bama would lower or cut taxes for anyone I've got some beach front property in Nebraska for sale. The middle and lower classes have always been the ones to burden the brunt of any tax increases. The soft drink tax or the Kool-Aid tax only hurts those of us who are barely scraping by as it is. He's also imposing a health care tax and a hospital tax. Two more taxes that will only hurt those who really need the help. Talk about kicking a man when he's down!

I said it so many times.....when they finished taxing cigs into oblivion, they would eventually get to other things. Personally, though, republicans and democrats are just two sides of the same coin; there is not much difference between the two parties now. If you really want change: vote libertarian, get rid of the federal reserve, drive the UN out of America. Until these things happen, it will be more of the same, and it will only get worse