We Don't Think This is Going to Fly

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit wants Detroit voters to approve a two-percent fast-food tax.

Critics of the plan say the tax would unfairly burden the poor and hamper economic development in the city.

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Comment I: Maybe the Mayor should try a complementary tax to go with it: a tax on TV watching. It would have about the same chance of passing.

Comment II: A fast food tax would unfairly hit the poor? We're confused. We've been told for years that the poor eat dog food. Now it turns out they're eating at McDonald's? We're shocked! Shocked, we tell you.