As expected, the American Beverage Association’s opposition to the proposed November tax on sugary beverages, like soda, is trying to capitalize upon San Francisco’s affordability crisis. An anti-soda tax mailer sent out by the soda industry opposing the measure blasts a message of “rising cost of living, escalating rents, impending evictions.” The mailing goes on to argue that the two-cent tax on sugary beverages would spur grocery stores to raise all their prices.
The mailer was quickly attacked by supporters of the tax proposal.…
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