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From Conor Clarke, writing about taxes on booze and soda:
“I am all for taxing unhealthy foods, but I still agree with the old Kevin Drum suggestion of taxing the sweeteners, not the beverage.”
That was all of nine days ago! What would we call a suggestion made in the dark ages of April?
And speaking of old (smooth segue, no?), I tried out the WolframAlpha search engine today for the first time. It’s been getting generally panned, but it sure did an impressively good job on my test drive query. Check it out:
