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Default (2009-03-24) NS-RFC: Taxing chocolate?

ChattyCathy wrote on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:27:41 +0200:

>> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

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>> OK, I have to ask . . . where did this survey come from?


> http://www.news24.com/News24/Technol...488520,00.html


>> Is there someone suggesting a sin tax on chocolate? I mean
>> I could see it on french fries or potato chips sooner than
>> chocolate, and I'm not in favor of that either.


I'm afraid that I answered "you're kidding" to both questions. My family
of four had two female chocolate addicts and I'm not allowed to eat so I
don't count. Garrison Keeler even read a birthday greeting over the
radio to my daughter: "Congratulations to Kathy on surviving 17 years of
chocolate addiction!"



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