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Wed, 04 Jul 2007

Somehow strangely appropriate on our Independence Day...

Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on I-Pods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics--and psychology--of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our culture of indulgence.

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On 7/4/2007 08:46:55
athada wrote

H2Ocrap

We should outlaw bottled water, or at least tax it. GOP-Free, Joe Regulator

On 7/5/2007 15:57:52
SB wrote

Wow, tax bottled water. That would be great, because nobody lives anywhere in this country where there's a constant boil order or threat of natural disaster. Oh, wait! I buy a lot of bottled water because I live in a place where two days out of the week I'm not supposed to drink the stuff out of the tap due to boil orders. I've lived in places where the question wasn't "are we going to have a hurricane" but "how many hurricanes are we going to have". I buy bottled water because even when it's relatively safe to drink what's being pumped into my place, I wouldn't trust my landlord any further than I could sling a piano when he says that there's no problems with the pipes. Bottled water isn't just pretentious BS, for a lot of people it's how they survive. I also live in a house that's two people to ONE minimum wage paycheck. Any increase in the cost of any item means we miss meals. A tax would mean that we go hungry more often, or we end up drinking water tainted with sewage. If I get sick from sewage water, believe me, you and every other Joe Taxpayer will have to foot the bill for my medical expenses. So no, how about you not talk about taxes with your stomach full, huh? Talk to me when you've gone a week on one can of tuna and tell me how you feel about the cost of things.

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