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"But I also don't know anyone who doesn't drink a soda, juice, energy drink. "

I will admit to having a soda once every couple of years or so, but by no means frequently enough that additional tax on this luxury item would bother me in the least. Juice I drink more often - maybe two or three times a year with brunch. Again, by no means often enough to be bothered by an additional tax. While juice does have some vitamins, these are luxury foods - never necessities - and their negative health impacts are known. The libertarian in me wishes that subsidies didn't skew the price of corn sugar, and market economics would make sweetened beverages undesirable on their own. In the absence of that, a tax restores something of that market pressure artificially.

by Lucre on Apr 12, 2012 11:39 am • link • report

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