Give me a break, indeed! This is my favorite whining-business-interests-masquerading-as-consumers advertisement. From their website (here), Americans Against Food Taxes is billed as a "coalition of concerned citizens." In the list of coalition members no "citizens" are listed only the National Supermarkets Association (profitable sugary soft drinks), Archer Daniels Midland (corn syrup), the Associated Food and Petroleum Dealers (yummy!), Automated Petroleum (even more yummy), Bella Salon & Spa (work off the sugar buzz), Salt Institute (sugar and salt, just what Americans need more of), Yum! Brands (they had to tell us it was supposed to be good), etc.
They have an electronic petition you can sign (here) that supposedly has 95,283 signatures but that list of "supporters" is not revealed on the web site.
Oh, well. What fun would a Tea Party be without sugar?
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