Federal Excise Tax on Sugar Would Be Sweet
Category: HEALTHY LIVING
The bill doesn't keep the industry from producing and marketing healthy beverages.  In fact, it encourages the production of healthier beverages by basing rates on the amount of sugar in drinks as opposed to taxing by volume regardless of sugar content.
By Michael F. Jacobson, ContributorExecutive Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest, 2014-08-01