Berkeley soda tax hurts hard-working people who are trying to make ends meet
A recent opinion piece in The Hill, Soda Taxes are a Sweetener for Public Health Efforts said that a beverage tax in the California city of Berkeley is working, and we no longer need to rely on conjecture to determine its effectiveness.
The author of the piece, pediatrician Lynn Silver, is right that we no longer need to rely on theory. That is because the facts show that the Berkeley beverage tax is hurting the small businesses that provide jobs for people who live paycheck to paycheck in the city, and is not delivering on its promise of improving health.