by Baylen Linnekin. Last month, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)
proposed the SWEET Act, an excise tax on sweetened beverages.
The tax, which has been billed as a national soda tax, would
lay a one-cent duty on every teaspoon of sugar in soft drinks
and other beverages. The proposal is
intended "to curb obesity, diabetes, and the resulting ... MORE