Comments on: The Nation’s Largest Sugar Tax http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/03/04/the-nations-largest-sugar-tax/ Tue, 29 May 2012 20:09:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: They came first for the sugar, then they came for the salt… «  Modeled Behavior http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/03/04/the-nations-largest-sugar-tax/#comment-2043 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:46:07 +0000 http://modeledbehavior.com/?p=1852#comment-2043 [...] in area B. This type of slipper slope is evident in the spread of regulation from sugar, which is becoming more popular, to salt, which is on the horizon: Citing 40 years of failed efforts to voluntarily reduce the [...]

]]> By: Income, Taxes, and Value Neutrality http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/03/04/the-nations-largest-sugar-tax/#comment-1421 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:53:36 +0000 http://modeledbehavior.com/?p=1852#comment-1421 [...] reading this post by Adam Ozimek on Philly’s proposed soda tax, it occurred to me that the fact that taxes on soda and cigarettes seem paternalistic while taxes [...]

]]> By: drscroogemcduck http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/03/04/the-nations-largest-sugar-tax/#comment-1419 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:48:24 +0000 http://modeledbehavior.com/?p=1852#comment-1419 the concerning thing is that almost half the money raised will be spent on programs to encourage healthier eating. i thought the science showed that these programs were useless.

]]> By: RickRussellTX http://modeledbehavior.com/2010/03/04/the-nations-largest-sugar-tax/#comment-1416 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:12:53 +0000 http://modeledbehavior.com/?p=1852#comment-1416 This just in:

Alcoholism skyrockets among Philadelphia teens; mayor’s office is mystified

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