Proposal Renews Calls For Tax On Sugary Beverages

This is the fat guy advocating for the tax:

"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.

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."

See what his own "obesity prevention program" did for him?

Shut up.