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In Washington, the companies doubled their lobbying expenditures to $ 175 million during the first three years of the Obama administration, Reuters found, and defeated «soda tax» proposals in 24 states.

Meanwhile, things that could address systemic problems and save the city and state real money, including public pension reform, get shouldered off the road in favor of transient quick fixes like taxes on soda and cigarettes.

The union has been heavily involved in policy battles at the state Capitol over the past year, weighing on the fight against both the soda tax and wine - in - grocery stores (both dead for the time being).

They discuss the Paterson administration's push to tax soda and other sugary drinks, and also talk about how health care reform might affect the state's hospitals and doctors.

Kenneth Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, has told his board and others that a soda tax could help ameliorate the financial hit the state's health care system faces with the potential repeal of Obamacare under a Trump administration and Republican - controlled Congress.

Fayetteville, NY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he opposes taxing soda, increasing taxes on cigarettes or borrowing money to solve the state's $ 9 billion budget deficit.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed decreasing the intake of such drinks among its main obesity prevention tactics in 2009, and some states and cities, like New York City and California already are thinking about such soda taxes.

(Similar taxes have been proposed, and some implemented, at the state and local levels for soda and junk food, as well.)

Read more about the soda tax here and about the state funding formula here.