[chiller]

I'm torn; people should drink whatever they want but that usually applies if its your own money. It's senseless to waste dollars, paying people to drink sugar. I'd make it illegal. If you need some caffeine, get some tea bags.

If they don't like it, it might encourage them to get a job. Tough love.

[TexasGator]

I am not torn.

[steve86]

“If they don’t like it, it might encourage them to get a job.”

The overwhelming majority of SNAP recipients (adults) are already employed, sometimes with multiple part-time jobs.

[kearnyirish2]

That is why Philly’s “soda tax” is OK with me; the gibsmedats living there are just returning our tax dollars to the coffers.

If Newark NJ (next door to me, but separated by a river/moat) was to institute such a tax, I doubt ANY taxpayers would be caught in it - they live and shop in the suburbs. Heck, even Newark residents can’t shop for groceries there - they created a “food desert”, and shop in my town.