Sheldon <Sheldon >> wrote:

> There's no extra costs for keeping kosher, most foods on stupidmarket
> shelves are kosher by default anyway and it costs nothing extra to
> refrain from consuming non kosher foods and mixing meat with dairy.

Everyone is paying the Kosher Tax - even those of us who don't care
about keeping kosher. And as you note, most food is already kosher
anyway, but the manufacturers still have to pay for their
certifications for these "default kosher" products.

> Kosher costs nothing extra.

Yes, it does. Like advertising, the costs of certifying your
products kosher is passed along to the consumers.

-sw