tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post2303931392470429421..comments2024-03-11T00:31:41.186-07:00Comments on The Oregon Economics Blog: Soda Taxes: Sin Taxes or Pigovian Taxes?Patrick Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-27977975941774525882010-06-07T13:19:48.450-07:002010-06-07T13:19:48.450-07:00Oppressive utilitarianism by the morality police. ...Oppressive utilitarianism by the morality police. Although I do suspect it is more about the revenue generation as you suggested. The word “we” is really popular right now.Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935553689879498648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-55241133432428595662010-06-07T12:33:03.608-07:002010-06-07T12:33:03.608-07:00One of the very big problems is that we already su...One of the very big problems is that we already subsidize the production of corn syrup and put a tariff on foreign sugar. This is a consequence of a very corrupt process of farm subsidies that benefit producers of just about everything we find on our plates. The more powerful lobbies extract larger subsidies. Part of the reason the problem exists in the first place is because corn syrup is so cheap. Adding a soda tax would be a strange perversion of the system where we subsidies growers but tax food companies. <br /><br />(As always, I find a beautiful discussion of economic theory interesting, but largely untestable given the realities of the political system.)Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.com