Comments by "Bob Hawke" (@bobhawke7373) on "2020 Australian of the Year calls for sugar tax to combat diabetes" video.

  1. Tax the heck out of fast food. McDonalds, hungry Jacks, KFC and all those American owned fast food chains. Look at what they’ve done to people. Everyone looks like they are standing in from of funhouse mirrors now. So many 16 year olds have 50 year old bodies now.
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  2. Tax the hell out of soft drinks. Literally no one needs them. We only need water. They already tax the heck out of alcohol. Why are 100 billion dollar companies Like Coca-cola and Pepsi who have 80% of the market sewn up free to make us fat without warning labels all over their sugary crap and not having to charge 8 bucks per bottle. Let’s see how many buy a coke when it costs as much as buying a largie of bundy.
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  3.  Philippe Armstrong  If you are a parent that lets your 5-10 year old kids just roam the streets in 2020 you are being neglectful. It is what it is. I was a child of the 80’s. I remember riding my bike everywhere. Now there are about 17 highways to cross where I used to ride my Bike. You gotta work With the world You’ve got mate and people aren’t responsible enough to not give their kids crap so tax it out of the fridge. I’m not lying to you when I tell you I have 3 kids and none have them have ever eaten McDonalds and none of them have even ever had a fizzy drink. One has nearly finished primary school. Water and milk is all that’s available to them. As a treat sometimes I may add a touch of cordial to the water or milo to the milk. And they’re happy kids regardless. They’re treats are fruit salads and stuff. They love yoghurt. Most parents now break out a bag of Doritos to shut their kids up. No wonder schools no longer have the fat kid. They have kids that are fat.
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  4. Make Rupert Murdoch pay tax. Make the church pay tax.
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  5.  Philippe Armstrong  I haven’t eaten McDonalds since 2009 and it wasn’t for dietary reasons or anything. I was 28 and fit, still playing full games at hooker for my former local club. I just decided I wasn’t going to eat American fast food. It’s beneath me. I eat a burger sure. Made by the nice Greek woman down the road at the corner takeaway who does a great job. I have 3 kids and none of them have ever eaten McDonalds. They’ve never even tried soft drink as far as I’m aware.
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  6.  Philippe Armstrong  Churches aren’t charitable. Wake up. They take item donations and sell them at a thrift shop. I don’t care if they go broke entirely anyway. They are a pox on humanity. Churches are a business model. Don’t worry about that. They make plenty of coin.
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  7.  Philippe Armstrong  Yeah thats their grift. They always need donations. They get them too. Apparently God always needs money for some reason. Even evangelists that have 500 million Dollar personal fortunes beg for donations. You think your corner baptist church isn’t doing the same thing to keep fleecing their flock whilst crying poor mouth. This is a centuries old grift mate. You’re naive. No church is ever going to say “hey we are doing great so no collection basket this week folks”
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