The price of each liter of beverage that contains, is now added about 50 cents tax sugar notify local Media .
it is remarkable that we managed to adopt the new law. The soft drink industry has a huge campaign last year tried to go against the measure.
The only other town in the US that has been using this scheme, the small town of Berkeley in California. In several large cities such as New York, tried to introduce the measure, but to no avail. Chances are that the soft drink producers to court to reverse the decision.
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Philadelphia think about $ 90 million annually in additional to get the soda tax. The money that this is ‘earned’ will invest the city in kindergartens, schools and recreation centers.
The main reason for the measure, however, is the health of the population. More than two out of three adult Americans are overweight
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