June 14, 2006 12:43PM 

# Soda Taxes 

By [Radley Balko](https://www.cato.org/people/radley-balko) 

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[I have a Cato podcast](https://www.cato.org/dailypodcast/radleybalko_softdrinksandtheothergastax_20060614.mp3) on the topic today.

Also, [Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante](http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/1663.html) explain the folly of vice taxes over at the Tax Foundation’s blog.

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