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I honestly had no strong opinion on the measure prior to the anti-campaign. I do think sugary drinks are a public health menace, but I did not think a tax is a
by jmount 12y ago
I honestly had no strong opinion on the measure prior to the anti-campaign. I do think sugary drinks are a public health menace, but I did not think a tax is a good way to deal with them. Then: anti-E canvassers appeared at my door 3 times, I got about 5 robocalls, and about 10 pounds of glossy fliers in the mail. Clearly somebody with a deeply vested financial interest (not a public interest) doesn't want this to pass. So it definitely makes me consider researching the sugar tax a bit more and even consider voting for it.
- malyk 12y agoI can't find the cite now, but I recently read that something like each 10% increase in the tobacco tax reduces smoking by 4%. so there seems to be good precedent for using taxes to reduce consumption.