Looks like the government wants to reach deep into our pockets once again this time taking from those who are drinkers of sugary drinks, like sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit punch, sweetened iced tea, and drinks like Kool-Aid and lemonade. Oh yeah this reach for money of course includes pop, or is it soda, or do you call it Coke? I grew up in the Twin Cities and I called it pop, now when I ask for a drink it is usually water. Other people call it soda, and in Georgia they call it Coke. It is all the same, it is sugary, caffeinated water with carbonation. Back to the story of the WHO World Health Organization, they are backing a controversial measure to reverse type 2 diabetes, a 20 to 50% soda tax. I think that they think that an increase in the tax will increase the cost of goods, in turn it will drive the prices up and make people think about buying the pop before they do, in turn making less people buy pop. I don’t know if it will work, look at the amount of people still smoking with those taxes, and how many of us still drive, look at the gas tax.
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