It gets more insane. I've also seen that in some places they instituted a "sugar-tax" but the federal government intervened and made an exception for people pay

It gets more insane. I've also seen that in some places they instituted a "sugar-tax" but the federal government intervened and made an exception for people paying with food stamps: https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-soda-tax-food-stamps-exemption-0610-biz-20170609-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-soda-tax-food-sta...