March 23/Washington/American Beverage Association via PR Newswire -- A national poll released recently by Rasmussen Reports shows that 56% of Americans oppose a tax on soft drinks, strongly believing that lawmakers are far more interested in raising money for more government than in using tax revenue for public health.
The Rasmussen research underscores that Americans are weary of more taxes, highly skeptical that the revenues would go to anything other than bigger government, and extremely leery of the government using the tax code to tell them what to eat or drink. Accordingly, the survey found that only 33% of respondents support an additional tax on soft drinks.