Posts Tagged ‘soda tax’

Putting Soda Taxes to the Test

November 8, 2016 — It’s time for a vote, apparently. And the vote is not just about Trump and Clinton. We’re voting on a soda tax in four cities today: Boulder, CO, and Oakland, San Francisco, and Albany, CA. This question has turned into a stupid food fight, in our humble opinion. We’re talking about soda taxes, not the presidential […]

Soda Tax Experiment Progresses in Philly

June 18, 2016 — A new soda tax experiment will be starting January 1 in Philadelphia. On Thursday, the Philadelphia city voted 13-1 to approve a 1.5 cent per ounce tax on all packaged beverages that are sweetened with sugar or no-calorie sweeteners. The beverage industry says it will sue to stop the tax from being implemented. To his credit, Philadelphia’s […]

Britain’s Soda Tax: Potent Symbolism?

March 28, 2016 — Will Britain’s soda tax turn out to be potent symbolism or just another leaky sandbag on the anti-obesity levee? We are well past the point of changing anyone’s mind on this polarized issue. It’s become an article of faith for some — they’ve discarded any doubts it will work. For others, it’s evidence for the […]

Soda Taxes: Progressive or Regressive?

April 15, 2015 — Soda taxes offer a dilemma for progressive politicians. On one hand, as a social policy to relieve the impact of a disease that discriminates against poor and minority communities, it has an inherent appeal to people with a progressive social bent. On the other hand, some groups that are typically allies of progressive politicians — […]

Obesity Tax

October 9, 2014 — The obesity tax is a fact of life. A new publication in the journal Demography paints a stark picture of a tax on earnings and productivity paid by young men with excess weight and obesity. By studying pairs of siblings over time, they find a 16% wage penalty — a tax on earnings, so to speak […]