Any tax always disproportionally hurts the poor
Not this one since they can just buy water instead. Soda's not required for nutritional purposes or anything.
Several States already tax bottled water, including New York.
Its not to the level the new Soda tax would be, though.
I think the bigger problem is how disgusting and unfit the water supply is for drinking and how long it has been that way. There's not a single person I personally know whom I know drinks tap water.
Then again I find some bottled types (Most notably Poland spring) to be just as bad as the tap water. I've found the best water I've tried to be Aquafina and Dasani, the problem is their price is naturally high most of the time.
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