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minus-squareNalivai@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year ago Wouldn’t the price go up irrespective of which side you tax it on? Not necessarily, companies might just stop putting sugar where it doesn’t belong. They do it right now because corn syrup is free and why don’t just put it everywhere.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoTheir response also irrespective of which party gets taxed because the tax incidence is the same either way.
Not necessarily, companies might just stop putting sugar where it doesn’t belong. They do it right now because corn syrup is free and why don’t just put it everywhere.
Their response also irrespective of which party gets taxed because the tax incidence is the same either way.