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UN Report Supports Taxes On Junk Food

Posted 03.13.2012 | Home

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Most of the overlap between the food world and the United Nations' mandate is about life-threatening hunger. The UN steps in to facilitate the distrib...

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Coca-Cola Protests New Tax On Sugary Sodas

AP | Posted 11.08.2011 | Business

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By Associated Press PARIS -- Coca-Cola said Thursday it has suspended plans for a euro17 million ($24 million) investment in France to protest a ta...

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Why We Should Tax Soda

Susan Yager | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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There is no question about it, smoking is bad for your health. But obesity is, perhaps, worse. And yet, we heavily tax tobacco but not soda.

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Germany Proposes A 'Fat Tax' To Cover Healthcare Costs

AOL News | Hugh Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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Marco Wanderwitz, a conservative member of parliament for the German state of Saxony, said it is unfair and unsustainable for the taxpayer to carry th...

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