"A proposal to tax sugary drinks as a way to improve the nation's health had been considered dead. But it was given new life Wednesday by a group of experts who published their idea to tax soft drinks at a rate of 1 cent per ounce.See what his own "obesity prevention program" did for him?
The Associated Press: "The experts' plan was released by the influential New England Journal of Medicine, in a health policy article by Arkansas' surgeon general, New York City's health commissioner and five national experts on health and economics. A soda tax would generate tax revenue while discouraging people from consuming extra calories, the authors contend. They cited a series of studies that showed higher rates of obesity and diabetes among women who drank more sugar-sweetened beverages."
'A national tax of that amount would generate nearly $15 billion in its first year, (sic) said proposal author Kelly Brownell, director of Yale University's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity."
Shut up.
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