“A San Antonio lawmaker wants to add a penny per ounce tax on sugary drinks like soda. He says the money would then help fund public education and promote a healthier lifestyle.”
“A San Antonio lawmaker wants to add a penny per ounce tax on sugary drinks like soda. He says the money would then help fund public education and promote a healthier lifestyle.”
Objects are responsible.
Guns commit crimes; sugar makes you fat.
It’s everywhere! It’s everywhere!! 🙂
Source is CSPI and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-supported anti-obesity junk science.
http://www.rwjf.org/en/research-publications/find-rwjf-research/2012/01/rwjf-statement-regarding-study-on-sugar-sweetened-beverage-tax.html
http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/new-public-health/2011/11/tax-on-sugar-sweetened-beverages.html
Add Rhode Island to the epidemic:
http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND0206133.aspx
Vermont legislators are infected, too:
http://www.fox44abc22yourvoice.com/story/21021615/vermont-considering-sugar-tax
Hawaii’s Governor is under the same spell that sees dollar signs in junkscience:
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Governor-proposing-to-tax-sugary-drinks/0OybIlGJAEK8YmocZb8-vA.cspx
Tax bad behaviour and use it to fund teaching good behaviour. That’s called “craziness”. LIke hospitals servings Big Macs and french fries cooked in lard and using the proceeds to teach cardiac health. Crazy.
How long ’til they make unsweetened softdrinks, and you add your own sugar of high fructose corn syrup (yum!)? We put sugar in iced tea; we can put it in Coke.
Just like tobacco, it’s not about health; it’s about revenue & control.