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>> Sugar-free sodas are probably not ideal but they can't be worse than sugary drinks. At least in Chicago, they included diet drinks in their tax.
by bluedino 6y ago
>> Sugar-free sodas are probably not ideal but they can't be worse than sugary drinks.
At least in Chicago, they included diet drinks in their tax.
- Icathian 6y agoThis was my huge complaint with it. Leaving aside for a moment the morality of vice taxes, raking zero calorie soda into the policy makes it very obviously just a cash grab.
- ardy42 6y ago> raking zero calorie soda into the policy makes it very obviously just a cash grab. Not necessarily. Maybe the goal was to discourage people from the habit of drinking sweetened drinks in general, instead of just encouraging them to drink Diet Coke instead. It would probably be better for everyone except the drink manufactures if everyone just switched to plain water.
- fenwick67 6y agoThis is like when the food vendor at my old work raised the prices on soda. They claimed it was a health initiative, but they also increased the prices on diet soda and even bottled water.