I can't quote it because it's too far back in the thread, but whoever said "modern America doesn't even know what that word means" in referring to "moderation" is right on the button. Yes, self control (one of the Biblical Fruits of the Spirit) has surely gone right out the window by now, if we collectively ever practiced it in the first place. Look at the guy who sued McDonalds for making him fat. It wasn't their fault, you moron. You simply had no willpower to practice moderation. Now that I got that off my chest...taxing soda sounds like another way for the government to line its pockets with the dollars of gluttonous consumers. Anyway, that's all I have to say on this.