Perspective
President Obama is right. Reforming health care is tough; otherwise it would have been done by now. And he gets credit for taking on such a complex issue. Frankly, tackling this issue is going to take...
View ArticleGrocery Taxes Won’t Bend Cost Curve for Health Care – or Families
One aspect of the complex health care reform debate that is receiving more focus lately relates to “the cost curve.” As we know, a driving factor in the need for health care reform is the continually...
View ArticleLULAC STANDS UP AGAINST FOOD & BEVERAGE TAXES
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) brought their powerful voice to the debate on whether food and beverage taxes should be considered to pay for government programs. To these leaders,...
View ArticlePuncturing the Twisted Rhetoric
Our critics love to roll out “scientific data” that is often ripe with half the story or, at least, not the complete story. Or the story isn’t always presented in full context of all the data. So as...
View ArticleThere They Go Again – Spinning Data
The health advocates gathered in Washington yesterday to make their case for taxing groceries to pay for health reform. They did so by making often tenuous links between one food or beverage and the...
View ArticleAn Outside Perspective on Obesity
Well, Sip & Savor has spent much time this week and prior weeks talking about the flaws in arguments and data presented by advocates who want to raise taxes on your groceries, including soft...
View ArticleHealth Reform Shouldn’t Fall Flat
A wise man once said: “In an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle class.” A message worth heeding as the Congress comes back to work today. And the President is...
View ArticleWelcome Words, A Friendly Reminder
In his speech on health care reform yesterday, the President gave another eloquent and well-presented set of remarks. Listening to the speech from an admittedly self-serving perspective, we did hear...
View ArticleTonight’s State of the Union
It’s that time of the year again – when we hear from our Commander in Chief about the current state of our country. Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET, as President Obama steps up to the podium for his first...
View ArticleCommon Sense Prevails
At Sip & Savor, we’ve spent a great deal of time blogging on the topic of soda taxes as an alleged means of achieving the public health goal of reducing obesity. Our position is that you cannot tax...
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