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Oh they care, A few years ago WA instituted at sugar sin tax on candy and soda, and it was rapidly repealed by ballot initiative the same year. It didn't help t
by smegger001 5y ago
Oh they care, A few years ago WA instituted at sugar sin tax on candy and soda, and it was rapidly repealed by ballot initiative the same year. It didn't help that the definition of what was considered candy was extremely arbitrary. (the rule of thumb was if it contained any flour it wasn't "candy". so a Twix or Kitkat wasn't candy but Payday was)
Then there was New York Soda size cap that was almost immediate overturned in court challenges before it could even take affect.
- bobthepanda 5y agoMessaging and targeting are very important. Taxes make a pack of cigarettes $12 in NY but this was done slowly over time. And the loud protests have turned into teeny grumbles. Though it also helped that Mike Bloomberg is not a man Big Tobacco can buy, given the fact that he is one of the richest men in town already, in a very wealthy town.