I’m not sure why Kevin Drum is neutral on a sugared beverage-tax. I like to drink soda that has cane sugar in it every once in a while, but I’ve done my best to completely eliminate high fructose corn syrup from my diet. You should do the same. And diet sodas are just as nasty. Our society pays an enormous price in health-related costs due to the omnipresence of high fructose corn syrup in our diets. It’s on a par with tobacco use, and we have no problem forcing smokers to subsidize everything from our health, to our roads, schools, and property taxes. Why should users of high fructose corn syrup get a break?
