The AMA is considering a soda tax

A one-cent a can tax would generate huge revenue:

The committee did not specify how high the tax should be. But a consumer group, Center for Science in the Public Interest, estimates that a 1 cent a can tax would raise $1.5 billion a year. That’s more than the advertising budget of McDonald’s.

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