Soda taxes: Pitched as a solution, they only cause problems

Published August 16, 2017 11:00am ET



Soda tax advocates promise healthier communities and balanced budgets. So far neither promise has materialized anywhere the tax has been imposed, but that isn’t stopping more cities from using those dubious arguments to justify increasing taxes on their poorest citizens.

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