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Such endorsements may not constitute a stampede, but U.S. News, The New Republic, and adventuregame Morton Kondracke are adventuregame good barometers of what’s considered part of mainstream political debate. It seems the Twinkie tax qualifies. So far legislative proposals to implement the idea, including bills in New York and California, have not gone adventuregame anywhere. But in his book Brownell plausibly argues that modest junk food taxes aimed more at revenue raising than behavior modification have a good chance of passing. Although Brownell wants the money earmarked for anti-obesity efforts, it’s not hard to imagine a legislature welcoming this new source of revenue as a way to avoid spending cuts. "Small taxes with earmarked money...may be the way to begin," Brownell and co-author Horgen write. "This would introduce the concept to the public, and if the earmark programs were successful, higher taxes might be acceptable at a later time." |
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