"Singling out one group of taxpayers and demonizing them for making poor dietary choices is a common strategy nowadays for pushing through new taxes or raising existing ones."

Berkeley’s Soda Tax Loses Its Fizz But Offers Important Lessons



"The bottom line is that Berkeley’s tax on sugar-sweetened beverages will do very little to promote healthy lifestyles and will not raise nearly as much revenue as its supporters thought. Singling out one group of taxpayers and demonizing them for making poor dietary choices is a common strategy nowadays for pushing through new taxes or raising existing ones. That strategy may succeed at the polls, but not in the marketplace."


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/09/berkeleys-soda-tax-loses-its-fizz-but-offers-important-lessons/#ixzz3lG9HUBvZ