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Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 | 3:56 p.m.
Assemblyman Harvey J. Munford of the 77th (2013) Nevada Assembly District.
The price of many fast food items would tick up slightly if one assemblyman's bill makes it through the Nevada Legislature.
Democratic Las Vegas Assemblyman Harvey Munford introduced Assembly Bill 122 during the floor session Thursday. The bill proposes a 5-cent tax, paid by the customer, for each item over 500 calories.
Munford says he hopes the tax would deter people from eating out so frequently. He adds that the revenue would be directed to helping hospitals and improving Nevada's education system.
In a release, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Foods in Washington, D.C., said the tax is "misguided" and called on Munford to abandon the effort.
Munford says the growing problem of obesity and poor health from excessive fast food consumption inspired his bill.
I'm ecstatic that the assemblyman is not mine. My condolences to those in his district who didn't vote for him and a caution to listen more closely to those who did.
I only hope Mumford's constituents remove him from office. He's an idiot...they deserve better.
Let's tax breathing! You shouldn't be able to pollute the air by exhaling without a tax.
So this Twezod says people can't think for themselves, how weird can this insanity get. Oh I forgot that the progressives/communists are in charge. This is a fine without a trial.
This is what you get when you vote for Idiot Democrats.
When will you get it, people of Nevada?
Can't these Democrats do anything constructive?
The only thing that needs to be taxed is every word that comes out of their mouth!
SIGH.........
Mr. Munford is fool and will become the laughing stock of the legislature. Dumb ideas from a Democrat are nothing new. A fat tax will impact the poor and lower middle class, just like raising taxes on tobacco and alcohol have. When democrats rule the poor and middle class always lose...
The "fat tax" did not work in California. This man should do his homework. I am betting he did and this is nothing more than a money grab.
Now we have our very "own" Michael Bloomberg to look after us. What a moron! He should put the nickel tax on turkeys, because he is one!
It's a who's who of Sun naysayers and anti-everything out on this one... I can't believe I'm about to say, "I agree".
I suggest that additional 10% tax be imposed on purchases with an EBT card. That would make Mr. Mumford even more popular with his constituency.
Punishment without a trial.
Next thing to be "taxed" will be for every time you put your key to unlock any door, devise, or ignition. That would be a real money-maker! GEZ
Blessings and Peace,
Star
Another idiot lib...when are the voters going to wise up and quit voting for those clowns.
Ya, right!
He must've burned out the midnight lamp and went through a bottle of NoDoz to come up with that one!
THIS BILLS TURNS HOSPITALS INTO "FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS" BY DEFINITION AND DOES NOT HELP THEM!
Please keep in mind that hospitals, such as UMC, serve food in their cafeterias that are in wraps and disposable containers for immediate consumption and thanks to a lack of knowledge on this Assemblyman's part, he has qualified the cafeteria of a public safety net hospital as a fast food restaurant.
This is due to the fact that as a public hospital there is a lower cost and also disposable does lower the possibility of passing infections that could occur with reusable plates and glasses, etc due to the high volume of visitors and patients.
Please think about this bill and all the areas it might impact. Our public hospital has to use these materials in its public cafeteria and the public we serve at UMC cannot afford additional taxes just because of the containers the food is in. Most are there waiting for family members to recover and the last thing they need is a "fast food tax" there. Many are Medicaid and Medicare recipients. Many are hospital staff that only have a few minutes to get food and go back to the floor.
Many balanced meals, salads and sandwiches are served at UMC cafeteria. It is not a McDonalds. It just happens to serve its food in containers that would then qualify it as a "fast food restaurant"
So you can go to Red Lobster and eat 3000 calories without a tax or eat at a hospital cafeteria because you are waiting on a loved one and you will pay the tax at the hospital all because of the container.
THIS DOES NOT HELP HOSPITALS!
So if I order a double burger, large fry and large drink the total will be $9.45 instead of $9.30. Yeah, that will encourage change. Politicians, you gotta love em.
I love this!! About time people who eat crap and then raise the rates of health insurance because of their diabetes and coronaries pay a tad more. Same thing happened to smokers and the public didn't seem to have much of a problem with that. So as people say, "we have the RIGHT to be pigs and the RIGHT to destroy our bodies and the RIGHT to poison our children and the RIGHT to wave our big butts in spandex in public...", well, you have the RIGHT to pay higher health insurance and leave the rest of us alone.
With budget inequity and underfunded schools I think it's time Nevadans really look at what could be taxed to help puff the budget up.
While it's easy to attack this man's idea, it's much harder to come up with your own. Let's put our thinking caps on. How can we increase our state's budget?
ok, now we have to pack a lunch to visit vegas?
What next, you money grubbing SOBs
Maybe some one should come up with a realistic budget?
The public doesn't go to vegas to pay for your
schools! We come to have a good time and not
get ripped off with your prices! And your long
haul cabs, Ect, Ect and on and on. If you can't
figure it out we will go some where else. Not
a problem!
@Bob_Realist....."How about eliminating junk/fast food from the SNAP/EBT programs thereby saving millions of dollars and creating thousands of jobs right here in Nevada?"
Okay Bob, SNAp/EBT benefits can not be used at fast food or any restaurants for that matter.
So there's that.
However, let's play along and ask another important question.
Don't you think those receiving SNAP fund would just use those funds on other foods? Or do you think they would say, "Since I can't have a Big Mac I'll just not spend these funds."
I bet even a "a group of middle school kids" could help you find the "common sense" needed to known understand how spending $100 in Snap funds on broccoli and carrots costs the state the same as spending $100 in Snap funds on Quarter Pounder
Could hurt small grease joints and dives run by minorities. Why not tax people that come up with all these laws.
Ohh hey I no, lets ax da fokes to pay tax on fas fude if it is fatnin. We cud calls it fat tax, yeah das it. In 2 sousan sicteen I bees runnin fo da pesident offes. Please , really, this guy is more dangerous than Brooks.
I am the only sick of the fact that democrats constantly want to tax everything??????
This is a great idea. Sure it is being used as an excuse to tax people, but it helps on the long run. People are too ignorant to take precautions and watch their diet on their own, and if they need a "push" then I am all for it. Also, just because this "fat tax" did not work in California does not mean we can't give it a try in NV.