Sugary Drinks: A Tax Analysis

In 2014, Berkeley voters passed a tax on sugary beverages. This was an act from the public health advocates to get this tax enacted elsewhere in the United States. There is some controversey that sugary drinks are in no relation to the obesity increasing each year, but further research says otherwise. Advocates of taxing these drinks say that the bigger price tag on sugary drinks can reduce the consumption over them and improve people’s health. The bigger concern is where is the other tax money going if we do taxt sugary drinks. The huge controversey for taxing sugary drinks will help to reduce obesity and diabetes, since those rates are increasing with the consuption of sugary drinks, while we do not know where the extra tax money is going