Federal Excise Tax on Sugar Would Be Sweet

Federal Excise Tax on Sugar Would Be SweetThe SWEET Act is not the spoonful of sugar that will help the medicine go down for Big Soda but it is, indeed, the right prescription for the diseases brought on by excessive consumption of sugar drinks.The Sugar Sweetened Beverages Tax Act would impose an excise tax of 1 cent per teaspoon of sugar or other caloric sweetener at the…