{"id":326262,"date":"2010-02-16T09:51:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f84\/new-tax-soda-39470\/"},"modified":"2010-02-16T09:51:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T14:51:36","slug":"a-new-tax-on-soda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/326262","title":{"rendered":"A New Tax on Soda?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>02.15.10 01:31 PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/resource\/images\/soda_can.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>Soda tax &#8211; you heard me. I was reading today that Congress is studying the issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the_press_office\/Briefing-by-White-House-Press-Secretary-Robert-Gibbs-5-12-09\" >taxing soda<\/a>. Will a tax help to reign in the average American?s consumption of a beverage that is by any measure, not so good for you?<\/p>\n<p>I?m a pretty moderate person, and that goes for soda too. I realize that sodas aren?t very good for me, but sometimes on a long road trip, I get a wild sugar craving and indulge it. I?m not too worried about the 6 or so sodas that I drink a year. But the average person in the United States drinks 54 gallons of soda and other sugary beverages a year ? and nutritionists tell us that?s trouble. Over consumption of sugar is obviously a health issue ? contributing to diabetes, obesity and also distracting us from highly nutritious foods. Even if you drink the sugar free soft drinks, it seems to me that you?re just drinking a big ol? can of chemicals. Um?yum?<\/p>\n<p>I?m not totally anti-sugar, but we all know that there?s a limit to the amount of sugar you should have in a <a href=\"http:\/\/answers.usa.gov\/cgi-bin\/gsa_ict.cfg\/php\/enduser\/std_adp.php?p_faqid=6062\" >healthy diet<\/a>. Since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhhs.nh.gov\/NR\/rdonlyres\/ev6lkuvv4vdc3ndrdibso4flyrmugctxmtw3tfxcmeu4ukummbmcxln6blexem5l45sgqjxcksaqnesngrpbw5nf3eg\/sugar.pdf\" >33% of the sugar in our diets comes from soda<\/a> it?s easy to cut back if you cut out the soda. I know, sometimes you just like to have a cool, refreshing, fizzy drink ? consider the fruit juice sweetened sodas. That?s what I keep around the house and the kids and I enjoy them occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>Will a soda tax decrease your soda consumption, or will it make you so mad that you?ll dump cases of Pepsi into Boston Harbor?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.usa.gov\/roller\/govgab\/entry\/a_new_tax_on_soda\" >Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02.15.10 01:31 PM Soda tax &#8211; you heard me. I was reading today that Congress is studying the issue of taxing soda. Will a tax help to reign in the average American?s consumption of a beverage that is by any measure, not so good for you? I?m a pretty moderate person, and that goes for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}