Albany Switches Into Soda Tax Mode
March 8th, 2010 | Published in News
Mar 8, 2010 7:09 pm US/Eastern
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ReportingALBANY (CBS) ― The soda tax proposal is back. Governor David Paterson is defending the tax as a way to cover the high cost of treating obesity issues.
A sugary soda to wash down a meal can be taxing on your body, but a New York State tax on soda is being proposed to prevent you from packing on the pounds.
“They already tax you on everything else pretty much, clothes, some certain foods. Where’s it going to stop?” Bedford-Stuyvesant resident William Pate said.