Comments on: As a follow up to the previous post, LatinoPolitics speaks with Brent Wilkes of LULAC http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac Where La Raza comes to discuss its leaders, where you can learn about issues in Latino politics. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 22:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will LULAC leave the coalition that opposes the soda tax? http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-69441 Will LULAC leave the coalition that opposes the soda tax? Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:48:58 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-69441 [...] been such opposition at the national level by the soft drink companies and their lobbyists. When I spoke with Brent Wilkes, the executive director of LULAC, he mentioned that one of the reasons his [...] [...] been such opposition at the national level by the soft drink companies and their lobbyists. When I spoke with Brent Wilkes, the executive director of LULAC, he mentioned that one of the reasons his [...]

]]> By: francisco http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-69213 francisco Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:35:59 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-69213 So who decides what will get taxed extra and what won't? Why must the answer be MORE TAXES?? If u don't want to drink soda, then don't. If u don't want to be a smoker, then don't smoke. Taxes are the goverment's way of control; not way of giving choices. Latinos should educate their children and show them the effects of all this "unhealthy" stuff. America is a place to have the freedoms, not tax what it thinks is not good for folks. First sodas, then what? Mexican food? Seriously folks, let people live free, respondsible (for ourselves) lives! Us Latinos need to quit expecting the government to take control, and be respondsible for our own lives and futures. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD! So who decides what will get taxed extra and what won’t? Why must the answer be MORE TAXES?? If u don’t want to drink soda, then don’t. If u don’t want to be a smoker, then don’t smoke. Taxes are the goverment’s way of control; not way of giving choices. Latinos should educate their children and show them the effects of all this “unhealthy” stuff. America is a place to have the freedoms, not tax what it thinks is not good for folks. First sodas, then what? Mexican food? Seriously folks, let people live free, respondsible (for ourselves) lives! Us Latinos need to quit expecting the government to take control, and be respondsible for our own lives and futures. WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD!

]]> By: The Corporate Parter Conundrum http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-68857 The Corporate Parter Conundrum Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:05:35 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-68857 [...] XHTML ← As a follow up to the previous post, LatinoPolitics speaks with Brent Wilkes of LULAC [...] [...] XHTML ← As a follow up to the previous post, LatinoPolitics speaks with Brent Wilkes of LULAC [...]

]]> By: chalan http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-68829 chalan Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:46:14 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-68829 "Es mejor morir....,de rodillas" I always thought that was a stupid saying. Dead is Dead, then what good are you? I would bet that soda companies and fast food enterprises provide LULAC and other organizations financial support not to support these kind of taxes. Repressive..., who the hell needs sodas to survive? I enjoy my spirits now and then and pay the higher taxes to have them. I have no problem with the higher taxes if it does help even in some small way to curb obesity. But the bigger issue is when is our cowardly congress going to pass significant universal health care? “Es mejor morir….,de rodillas” I always thought that was a stupid saying. Dead is Dead, then what good are you? I would bet that soda companies and fast food enterprises provide LULAC and other organizations financial support not to support these kind of taxes. Repressive…, who the hell needs sodas to survive? I enjoy my spirits now and then and pay the higher taxes to have them. I have no problem with the higher taxes if it does help even in some small way to curb obesity. But the bigger issue is when is our cowardly congress going to pass significant universal health care?

]]> By: Anna http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-68711 Anna Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:44:52 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-68711 Re: "Allow me to do what I want to do in a free society,.." Yeah, and who pays for your 'freedom' to be drunk and obese? A truly free person is independent, productive and responsible for himself, not a slave to the alcohol and fast food industries. Re: “Allow me to do what I want to do in a free society,..”

Yeah, and who pays for your ‘freedom’ to be drunk and obese? A truly free person is independent, productive and responsible for himself, not a slave to the alcohol and fast food industries.

]]> By: What The.. http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-68687 What The.. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:39:17 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-68687 "Es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas" - Emiliano Zapata “Es mejor morir de pie que vivir de rodillas”
- Emiliano Zapata

]]> By: What The.. http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-68686 What The.. Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:32:12 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-68686 How many Latinos will never go to college because they can’t concentrate or study due to the sugar and chemicals disintegrating their brains and bodies? I'd recommend Budweiser/ Corona and Cazadores Tequila, that is what contributed to my Doctorate. Allow me to do what I want to do in a free society, and stop your meddling with restrictions upon peoples lives... How many Latinos will never go to college because they can’t concentrate or study due to the sugar and chemicals disintegrating their brains and bodies? I’d recommend Budweiser/ Corona and Cazadores Tequila, that is what contributed to my Doctorate. Allow me to do what I want to do in a free society, and stop your meddling with restrictions upon peoples lives…

]]> By: Anna http://latinopoliticsblog.com/2010/02/12/as-a-follow-up-to-the-previous-post-latinopolitics-speaks-with-brent-wilkes-of-lulac/comment-page-1/#comment-68578 Anna Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:18:59 +0000 http://latinopoliticsblog.com/?p=1139#comment-68578 Poor people who drink soda are more likely to generate higher health care costs due to obesity and diabetes, so why shoudn't they pay higher taxes on one of the biggest contributor to the problem? Even if the tax is not high enough to discourage the behavior, it will still generate money to pay for the costs of health care. Groups like LULAC should encourage people to eliminate soda and fast food altogether. Even those healthy choices like salad are full of chemicals. And once people buy something from a fast food restaurant, even a salad, it makes them more likley to try something else on the menu. It's like a gateway drug. And he says that Coca Cola, etc provides scholarships to Latinos students. How many Latinos will never go to college because they can't concentrate or study due to the sugar and chemicals disintegrating their brains and bodies? LULAC is obviously trying to play both sides. There is a conflct of interest between their corporate sponsors and the health of the people they claim to represent. How much higher do diabetes rates have to get? As I said before, 50% of Latinos born in the year 2000 are expected to get diabetes sometime in their lives. At those rates, LULAC won't even have a Latino constituency anymore, and then they can represent the soda industry 100%. We need a civil rights organization that takes NO money from corporate sponsors. Poor people who drink soda are more likely to generate higher health care costs due to obesity and diabetes, so why shoudn’t they pay higher taxes on one of the biggest contributor to the problem? Even if the tax is not high enough to discourage the behavior, it will still generate money to pay for the costs of health care.

Groups like LULAC should encourage people to eliminate soda and fast food altogether. Even those healthy choices like salad are full of chemicals. And once people buy something from a fast food restaurant, even a salad, it makes them more likley to try something else on the menu. It’s like a gateway drug.

And he says that Coca Cola, etc provides scholarships to Latinos students. How many Latinos will never go to college because they can’t concentrate or study due to the sugar and chemicals disintegrating their brains and bodies?

LULAC is obviously trying to play both sides. There is a conflct of interest between their corporate sponsors and the health of the people they claim to represent. How much higher do diabetes rates have to get? As I said before, 50% of Latinos born in the year 2000 are expected to get diabetes sometime in their lives. At those rates, LULAC won’t even have a Latino constituency anymore, and then they can represent the soda industry 100%.

We need a civil rights organization that takes NO money from corporate sponsors.

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