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You said the right wing opposed sugar taxes without any links while I pointed out the left wing opposed them with evidence. Isn’t that relevant?
by cscurmudgeon 4y ago
You said the right wing opposed sugar taxes without any links while I pointed out the left wing opposed them with evidence. Isn’t that relevant?
- themitigating 4y agoOh my bad I forgot I did that. Here's sources showing Republicans against both the soda tax and cigarette regulations. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/06/18/senate-gop-kills-mccain-tobacco-bill/084c2008-b308-4321-8574-205d37bacc22/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/06/18/s... https://money.com/soda-tax-gop-partisan-battle/ https://money.com/soda-tax-gop-partisan-battle/ Your second source, when you say that alot of left wing groups are against it, is about Philadelphia and in the end. ". The city council passed the 1.75 cents-per-ounce sugary drink tax on June 5, and it will go into effect in January. " The NAACP is a bipartisan group so its stance on the issue has no bearing.