A Sin Tax On Soda
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszyPdAqymjkgefkIvasDsISI8BUuVEbk6_3VjHPhxhuxhEzwQdn3Jb2G7F6lEtdVIT6ThWLIB862sMmGvi0fbiUaStlw91V4QN_Uc-AiJMbmJ_Q_VXit2R_RWpd2SG64NzfrzRQ/s200/coke_can.gif)
The Senate Finance Committee has a session scheduled today to hear varying proposals from experts who've been looking for ways to help finance President Obama's proposed universal health care plan, expected to cost $1.2 trillion. Among the leading proponents of the idea is the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a longtime crusader for less sugar, salt and other harmful food additives. It advocates a federal excise tax on sugary sodas as well as energy and sports drinks and sweetened tea drinks. Diet sodas would get a free ride. Current thinking is that a tax of three cents per 12-ounce drink would generate about $24 billion over the next four years.Doritos are next, people.
Labels: "celibacy", Congress, soft drinks, taxes