The U.S. Government looked to tax soft drinks to decrease consumption, saying it was a signifigant contributor to obesity. Soda manufacturers did not want that and countered by saying that the tax would hurt the poor. Sad. Reading the article, it appears that the major soda manufacturers are adopting the same approaches big tobacco adopted. This is telling, and terrible. I like drinking diet soda, but I think it is time to ditch it when I see behavoir like this. You read and let me know what you think: Beverage industry douses tax on soft drinks – latimes.com (via Matt Yglesias).
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Ugh. Rather disgusting, and certainly telling, behaviour.
It’s interesting. On on hand, Pepsi and Coke are working on web sites that promote good social ideas. On the other hand, they do this. Makes me feel cynical about them, and I hate being cynical.
Yeah… At the end of the day, they’re businesses, and their prime concern is money and ‘face’.