Jonetta Rose Barras: Punting on the D.C. Budget

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Partial sanity returned last week to the D.C. Council, when most members indicated they wouldn’t support a tax on sodas. Councilwoman Mary Cheh had proposed it to finance implementation of legislation mandating better lunches and more exercise for city schoolchildren.

The nanny in chief, like many liberals, believes whole industries must be destroyed and residents must be bludgeoned into submission to effect behavioral change.

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