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Posted on Feb 16th 2009 5:00PM by Bev SklarFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss
What if $1.00 worth of soda suddenly cost you $1.20, compliments of a soda tax? Two thin dimes to fight thick waistlines -- an obesity tax. That's exactly what New York's Governor David A. Paterson calls it. In the new budget before the state legislature, Paterson is proposing an 18 percent tax on soda and other sugary drinks, intended to raise $400 million a year to fight obesity. But at a town hall meeting last week, Paterson shared he doesn't think the Legislature will pass a soda tax, and that it was more a public policy argument to raise awareness about childhood obesity. However the governor's spokeswoman stated one day later the Gov's remarks were misconstrued, and that he's full steam ahead on tax revenue for tipping back a Coke.
Wonder if the tax applies to diet soda? That would freak people out. What do you think of a sugar soda tax to fight obesity -- yay or nay?
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