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Soft Drinks
Momentum Builds Against Soda Taxes (March 18, 2010)
Kansas legislators found out yesterday that taxing soda is not the easy, controversy-free way to raise revenue they probably thought it would be. Hundreds of soft-drink bottlers, convenience store owners, and restauranteurs descended on the Statehouse in Topeka to voice their opposition to a measure that would impose a 0.4 cent tax on every teaspoon of sugar in non-diet sodas, sports drinks, and other sugared...
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Meat
Michigan “Meatout” Declaration Grills Sensibilities (March 17, 2010)
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed an unprecedented, unilateral declaration making this Saturday “Meatout Day” in her state, and encouraging Michiganders to eat vegetarian breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. Granholm peppers her declaration with a variety of claims about the supposed benefits of eating vegetarian meals and “risks” of consuming meat.
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Fat Taxes
Taxing “Junk Food” Is Trashy Policy (March 16, 2010)
A study released last week provides America’s obesity police with new ammunition by concluding that raising the price of pizza and soda—through taxes, say—would reduce how much of them we consume (and thus our total caloric intake). Co-authored by the notoriously overzealous University of North Carolina professor Barry Popkin, the paper is generating lots of media buzz at a time when many states are considering soft drink taxes. But are Popkin's conclusions sound?...
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