Freakazoid Democrat Rosa DeLauro is going full Nanny Bloomberg, and has introduced the Sweet Act aka the soda tax at the federal level. If this ever passes the house, Senate, and is signed by Obama then it wouldn’t only be New York where you will get in trouble for daring to have a Big Gulp. Under Rosa DeLauro Sweet Act, every tablespoon of sugar in a soda would be taxed. Thank you once again Connecticut for sending this whack job to Congress year after year after year. It’s a bit hard to tell the difference in look between DeLauro and Bloomberg these days.
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced this week the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Tax (SWEET Act), which aims to institute a tax of one cent per teaspoon – 4.2 grams – of sugar, high fructose corn syrup or caloric sweetener.
The measure (HB 5279), introduced Wednesday says, “A 20-ounce bottle of soda contains about 16 teaspoons of sugars. Yet, the American Heart Association recommends that Americans consume no more than six to nine teaspoons of sugar per day.”
Even though the manufacturers’ of the sweet drinks are targeted to pay the tax, the text of the bill itself notes that the goal is to reduce public consumption through a price increase.