A new nationwide Rasmussen Reports survey showed that 70 percent of Americans oppose a national tax on all non-diet soft drinks, while only 18 percent supported the idea of an "obesity tax" on regular soda like the one proposed by New York Gov. David Paterson, reports the American Beverage Association.rn"In an economy like this, the last thing government should be doing is raising taxes on the middle class," Kevin Keane, senior vice president of the ABA, says.rn"Americans are making it clear that they have no appetite for taxing the everyday products they enjoy, especially in the middle of a recession. Nor do they want more jobs put at risk in their communities," Keane says.
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