Junk News XIV: Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up

Image via Wikipedia Food Lobby Mobilizes, As Soda Tax Bubbles Up. It seems as if the Beverage Industry is taking the possibility of a National Soda Tax very seriously. So should we. Even though soft drinks and sodas are not a direct cause of obesity, it cannot be ignored that soda and it’s main ingredient, [...]

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Junk News XII: Tax junk food, but also subidize veggies | Grist

Tax junk food, but also subidize veggies | Grist. This is a very interesting idea…especially the part about taxing soda, which is one of the worst junk foods ever. Image by Kaiesh via Flickr Read the article and let me know what you think. You know Pepsi and Coke and going to have a fit [...]

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