Avoiding the obvious
I’ve seen this commercial a few times on the local TV stations and there is one thing that is glaring me in the eyes that they avoid talking about.
The mother in the commercial talks about “making ends meat is a struggle” and goes on to complain how the (New York) governor wants to add new taxes on juice, sports drinks and sodas.
Of course this commercial is against that, but the one thing I can’t figure out – if you are struggling to make ends meat why in the hell are you buying all these unhealthy drinks?!!?
The first thing you would cut out is the luxuries. Buying high calorie, sugar flooded drinks are not something that any child should have in excess, and by not buying it encourages them to drink less of it.
I look at this woman and see that she can save a few bucks by not buying that crap. This commercial doesn’t make the governor look bad for taxing something that we shouldn’t be drinking a lot of, it makes it look like that people are stupid and don’t know how to handle their finances.
