Boston Globe Opposes Banning Large Size Beverages, Supports Ending Sales Tax Exemptions

An editorial in The Boston Globe argues in favor of sales tax exemptions for soda and sweet products but against a ban on large size services as proposed by the mayors of Cambridge, Mass. and New York, N.Y. To read the editorial, click here.

Editor’s Insight: It will certainly come as news to many consumers and retailers that soda, ice cream, candy and snacks are exempt from sales tax, a sweeping generalization this editorial makes.

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