re: Tax the sugar says democrat---

She must really mean to tax high-fructose corn syrup and not real sugar. Of course, I am assuming she knows the difference (which I doubt).

"A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same."

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