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Business and Citizen Coalition Opposes California Beverage Tax ProposalApril 25, 2011 (Sacramento, Calif.)—Californians Against Food and Beverage Taxes, a coalition of concerned California associations, businesses and individuals who oppose taxes on foods and beverages, strongly objected today to a bill being heard by the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation that would levy a tax on soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages. The [...]
Read More »Dennis Wyatt of the Manteca Bulletin editorialized on April 24, 2011, that as the government budget tightens, “specialty taxes” are being created to make up the difference.
Read More »According to an article by the Center for Consumer Freedom on April 21, 2011, the California Center for Public Health Advocacy is supporting a “sin” tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Read More »A new Rasmussen Report national telephone survey released on April 1, 2011, found that 59% of respondents oppose a soda tax.
Read More »The Citrus College Clarion called on its readers to reject any new beverage taxes in the state, calling them “an inconvenience on the consumer (and a minor infringement on their rights) and an uncalled for stress upon industry.”
Read More »Jason Hoppin of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reports that California Assemblyman Bill Monning recently proposed a tax on soda and other sweetened beverages, which would generate a total of $1.7 billion annually for government spending.
Read More »California Assemblyman Bill Monning pushes for a soda and sweetened beverage tax which would cost the daily consumer roughly $64 per year.
Read More »The argument that government should tax soda for the good of society has no basis in research or common sense, says Rob Raffey in an opinion piece in the Daily Caller on April 6, 2010.
Read More »Greg Dodge of Tehachapi, wrote to the editors of The Bakersfield Californian on March 20, 2010, to express his frustration at the proposed soda tax.
Read More »Food and Beverage Coalition Opposes Bill to Tax Soft Drinks and Juices
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February 18, 2010 (Sacramento) – Californians Against Food and Beverage Taxes, a coalition of concerned California individuals, associations and businesses who oppose taxes on foods and beverages, strongly objects to a bill introduced today that would levy a tax on soft drinks [...]
In an editorial on the Huffington Post on February 16, 2010, Dr. Pamela Peek asks the question, “Can a beverage tax really solve America’s battle with the bulge?” She concludes that, “Of course not, and worse still, such taxes may have the opposite effect.”
Read More »Scienific Blogging in a news article on February 2, 2010, summarized the arguments several scientists have against a study that showed that a tax on soda would affect obesity rates.
Read More »In a Los Angeles Times health blog on January 27, 2010, reporter Karen Kaplan wrote of the scientific community’s opposition to a New England Journal of Medicine article that said that taxing sodas would decrease obesity in America.
Read More »Los Angeles County supervisors did not approve a proposal to ban sodas from county facilities, reports Garrett Therolf in the Los Angeles Times on November 18, 2009.
Read More »The North County Times opinion staff lamented on proposals of a soda tax on November 13, 2009. “The already haywire concept of taxes as a means of altering social behavior is actually all about padding government’s revenues,” they wrote.
Read More »In a Fox and Hounds Daily blog post on October 5, 2009, Joel Fox questions the logic behind adding a tax to soda with the stated purpose of reducing its consumption, but with the implied purpose of generating revenue.
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