Politifact: Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ claim that Jim Kenney’s soda tax is regressive
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“Carl Davis, the research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Billy Penn last month soda taxes like the one proposed by Philadelphia are “imperfect:” “The first thing you realize is that it is regressive. It’s going to hit lower and more moderate income families more heavily than higher-income families.””
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“Carl Davis, the research director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Billy Penn last month soda taxes like the one proposed by Philadelphia are “imperfect:” “The first thing you realize is that it is regressive. It’s going to hit lower and more moderate income families more heavily than higher-income families.””