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Taxing sugar

Explore the pros and cons of implementing a sugar tax on food and beverages with high sugar content. Discuss its potential impact on public health, tax revenue allocation, and socioeconomic factors. Deliberate and share your thoughts on this divisive issue.

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Taxing sugar

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  1. Taxing sugar A Sweet Idea?

  2. Sugar Tax Overview • Philadelphia is among one of many cities that have decided to tax food/beverages with high sugar content: Boulder, CO; Oakland, CA; Seattle, WA • The city issued major tax on artificially sweetened beverages: At a 1.5 cent tax for every ounce of a drink. • Why? • The tax would encourage major changes in the health of the city’s citizens • Tax revenue from the sugary beverage sales fund pre-k programs, libraries, parks, and many other services. • Why not? • Many business owners angry: Some sales of beverages decrease by 50% • Some argue that the tax disproportionately affects citizens from a lower socioeconomic status

  3. So…what do you think? Deliberative Dialogue Discussion

  4. Deliberative Dialogue: Thinking Together • Split up into small groups for a discussion. • The idea is to work towards understanding, rather than the “correct” answer. • Group norms: • Listen actively and attentively. • Ask for clarification if you are confused. • Do not interrupt one another. • Challenge one another, but do so respectfully. • Critique ideas, not people. • Build on one another’s comments; work toward shared understanding. From Carnegie Mellon’s Ground Rules

  5. Discussion Prompts: Exploring the Issue The tax has created a great divide in Philadelphia, with the question of its legality making it all the way to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Briefly discuss together: • What are other reasons to implement/ban a sugar tax? • Should law makers be able to tax what citizens privately consume? • The government passes laws about wearing safety belts, why not sugary beverages? What’s your stance on this issue? Share your thinking. • Implement sugar taxes. • Ban the implementation of sugar taxes. • A sugar tax should be implemented in certain situations/communities. If so, who would get to decide?

  6. Debrief • Any parts of the discussion surprise or resonate with you? • What did you learn from hearing another person’s perspective? • What actions can you take to influence this issue?

  7. Taking action: In what way do citizens,elected officials, ballots, and voting, have influence over the sugar tax?

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