Gov.’s Budget Tackles Gap, Proposes Soda Tax

Gov. David Paterson unleashed his record $134 billion budget proposal for 2010-2011 on Tuesday.
Gov.’s Budget Tackles Gap, Proposes Soda Tax
A New Yorker reaches for a bottle of soda at a store in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. Governor David Paterson's proposed budget would add a 12 cent tax on cans of soda. Jack Phillips/The Epoch Times
Evan Mantyk
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A New Yorker reaches for a bottle of soda at a store in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday. Governor David Paterson's proposed budget would add a 12 cent tax on cans of soda. (Jack Phillips/The Epoch Times)
Evan Mantyk
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Evan Mantyk teaches history and literature in New York. He is also president and editor of the Society of Classical Poets.
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