Editorial: Proposed Soda Tax a ‘Multidimensional Mess’
A U-T San Diego editorial argues that a proposed bill (SB 622) that would impose a one-cent-per-ounce tax on certain types of sweetened beverages to raise funds for childhood anti-obesity programs is "a multidimensional mess" that is "built on the historically flawed theory that if you throw money at problems, they will go away." It adds that the measure "breaks the vow ... by many Democratic lawmakers" that there would be no "more broad new taxes" if the Proposition 30 tax hike ballot measure passed.
- "Proposed State Soda Tax Foolish on Many Levels" (U-T San Diego, 5/4).