Not everybody can drink their tap water. I live in a rural area of West Virginia and we don't get city water, our water comes from a well. We have hard water and although we have a water softener the water is still pretty undrinkable. It has an incredibly nasty taste to it with an even worse aftertaste. Many people around where I live have this problem. At my household we buy bottled water to drink, which is pretty expensive. I know the tax is just on pop but I honestly would not be surprised if they decided to tax bottled water too. I have to wonder what most of the people around where I live (who are desperately poor) are going to do when they start taxing soda.