The soda tax as a budget-balancer

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is taking a new tack on the soda tax. Instead of promoting it as a public-health tool, Kenney asks the city council to approve a 3-cent-an-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages as a way to pay for universal pre-kindergarten for the city’s children, says the New York Times. “He says his soda… » Read More

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