Friday 29 April 2016

On the soda tax, Clinton and Sanders contradict themselves (Vanessa Williamson, Brookings)

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (L) listens as Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a Democratic debate hosted by CNN and New York One at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York April 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary last night, but the fight there revealed a fundamental question that will continue to vex Democratic candidates in the months and years to come: when is it acceptable to pay for progressive policies with regressive taxes?

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/04/28-soda-tax-clinton-sanders-contradict-williamson

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