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Findings like this make me wonder why most states have a sin tax on alcohol – a drink that seems to protect the heart, prevent dementia, raise levels of good HDL cholesterol and makes us go jogging – but our politicians lack the courage to raise taxes on the empty calories of soda drinks, which are a driving force behind the obesity epidemic.
(for the record: I agree on alcohol, not so much on instituting a soda tax)
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How does Lehrer think the societal costs of alcohol consumption weigh up against the benefits he mentioned here? Putting aside alcohol’s persistent role in much of the violent crime we see, I’d be surprised if the health benefits even rivaled the health costs of excessive alcohol consumption. The absence of soda taxes shouldn’t lead us to question the alcohol taxes.