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Sugar Can Sweeten Philly For The Needy

May 27, 2016 by Diane Wagner

Soda Can Be Good For You – And Your Community.

A few days ago, Mark Bittman published a piece in The New York Times about Philadelphia entitled “Taxing Sugar to Fund a City.” In it, he explains how Philadelphia may implement a precedent-setting 3-cent soda tax soon.

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The Mayor wants to use the added funds to help the city’s needy – investing in things like community schools, universal prekindergarten and libraries. This innovative tax would be the opposite of a regressive one since the services the poor would receive would more than outweigh the added 3 cents they’d pay.

The 3-cent tax could raise as much as $100 million a year for these causes. 

Fingers crossed that Philly will sweeten its coffers for the needy with its 3 cents. What do they say? Where Philly goes, there goes the nation. Or maybe it will if this bill is passed.

Filed Under: Food News Tagged With: mark bittman, new york times, philadelphia, soda tax, sugar tax

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