date:Jun 25, 2012
but then some of the ones that they thought about proposing in a few of the states and cities are dramatic. They are actually not sensible.
Richmond has put a penny-per-ounce soda-tax proposal on a city ballot scheduled for November. If implemented, it would be the first municipal soda tax in the US.
On Wednesday, a report put in front of the board of the American Association Beverage said a penny-per-ounce tax of high-sugar drinks could reduce the numbers of overweight and obese in the US