Soda Taxes (Berkeley, Philadelphia)
Taxes cut sugary-drink sales; cross-border leakage blunts them.
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1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Tax sugary drinks to cut consumption and fund programs.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics cite regressivity and border shopping.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Berkeley/Philadelphia cut taxed-beverage sales, with measurable cross-border substitution.
4 · Liberty check
Nudges consumption; constrains low-income buyers most.
5 · The real tradeoff
Real effect, real leakage.
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