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Soda Tax: Dead (Again) Already?
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John Del Signore
Published May 21, 2010
Modified May 21, 2010
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After applying jumper cables yesterday to his perpetually pop-blocked plan to levy a penny-per-ounce excise tax on sugary beverages, Governor Paterson's soda tax proposal may already be fizzling out. Paterson had hoped his latest compromise—which would except diet soda and beverages from the tax—would win over beverage industry execs and the legislators riding in their pockets. But a spokesman for Senate Democrats told the Daily News, "While we applaud the effort to reduce health risks, we want to provide New York families with tax relief, not add to their burden." Fun facts: The budget is now 51 days late. The state's got a $9.2 billion budget gap. A soda tax would raise an estimated $815 million. If you wash down Pop Rocks with Pepsi you will explode.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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