A proposed $1.7 billion tax on sweetened beverages got a sour reception Monday at a key Assembly committee hearing.
It would have taxed sodas, energy drinks, sweet teas and other sugary beverages, directing the money toward youth education and obesity-prevention programs. The failure prompted such remarks as, “Sugar is dangerous to society, and is a huge part of childhood obesity. Taxing soda would have been akin to taxing cigarettes.”
And boats and cars and cable tv and cell phones and every itty bitty thing that walks or crawls across the government view.
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Other news about sugary drinks from across the county …. New York to ban low-income families from using food stamps to buy sugary drinks
New York announced plans to ban the use of food stamps to buy sugary drinks as it steps up its anti-obesity campaign. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Governor David Paterson have asked the U.S. government to ban the purchase of fizzy drinks and sweetened fruit drinks with the federal vouchers used by 42million low-income families.They called sugar-sweetened beverages the largest single contributor to the obesity epidemic.
What next from the government sugar police? Tax sugar donuts? Declare apple juice a ‘no no’ for toddlers? Limit sugary coffee drinks to adults over 18?
