Well... okay... but to say that all of those people will be against the tax is a big assumption...

And besides sometimes the best thing to do is the unpopular thing

Well, soy is a pretty damn useful plant. From soy products we get the necessary protein that we would normally get from meat.

There are many more people that would agree with my logic than yours.

You have no way of verifying that.

Those two arguments are not weak just because you say they are... you need to show why they are weak

Sure people enjoy junk food... but then they go to the hospital and cost the system money... thus the choices of the individual will harm the autonomy of others which is inherently flawed.

Yes, but they don't feel pain as the typical animals would.

Yes, I'm pretty sure that is how the Federal Reserve system works

http://www.gallup.com/poll/126755/Race-Control-Congress-Remains-Close.aspx

I dunno... this looks like its still stacked towards the Democrats

I guess it all does depend on what kind of meat you eat I'll give you that... but still most cuts of meat do have unhealthy components.

I'm just stating what the benefits of Vegetarianism are and why it is a better eating habit... on a health based issue and on a moral based one because there are still the moral arguments

These don't stand for everybody I'll admit that, but they do stand for me

Because of the cholesterol and saturated fat in the meat is bad for... there is no denying that.

For the moral argument. The meat industry is known for it's horrid conditions for raising animals for meat... we're subjecting living creatures to pain for pretty close to frivolous causes

...okay... so you're advocating that governments allow unrestricted drug use?

Well consumption of bad things should be reduced.

It doesn't matter how much I'm willing to pay thats irrelevant to the topic on hand.

I don't agree with the tax on plastic surgery... and it doesn't matter because that provision was taken out of the bill anyways

You claim that standards could be applied to drugs like those we have on alcohol yet you're advocating we get rid of the age restriction on alcohol... so if all of your standards were applied we would have unrestricted drug use

Adding taxes isn't forcing anyone to do anything... it just adds benefits to decision... it urges people to choose to eat healthy but if they don't want to they are free to do that.

And yeah, why should you expect to be able spew smog into the air not pay for that privilege.