Consumer Confidential: Soda tax plan is no laughing matter, GOP

Conservatives found much to chuckle about after Democratic state lawmakers last week proposed, once again, a tax on sugary sodas, along with limits on cup sizes.

"We get it, too much sugar isn't great for you," Assembly Republicans said in a smirking, smart-alecky statement.

"But what's next - criminalizing pizzas over 18 inches? A Dorito tax? Only one squirt of butter on your movie theater popcorn? A fine for not eating your broccoli?"

Yeah, there's nothing like a little snark when faced with serious proposals to combat a public health crisis.

The Assembly Republicans dismissed their Democratic colleagues' "radical" ideas by saying liberals have "never seen a tax or regulation they don't like."

The reality is that