After Passing Soda Tax To Curb Habit, Dems Insist Retailers Are Price-Gouging

Last year, Philadelphia’s city government passed a tax on soda, which took effect at the beginning of this year. The fight over its passage and the tumult caused by its enforcement propelled the dry issue of municipal taxation to national news. As Fox News reported last month, “Philadelphia’s experience could shape how the soda tax debate plays out across the country.” It should also influence the conversation over the endless spiral of taxing and spending in America’s mismanaged, one-party big cities.