The Dutch government plans to subsidize soft drinks with artificial sweeteners.
Until now the government has resisted a direct tax on sugar sweetened soft drinks, because for a long time now a sort of luxury tax has been imposed on all soft drinks anyway. In order to improve public health, the government plans to subsidize chemical sweetened soft drinks by €0,09 per liter, by way of lowering this existing tax.
After all, we all know the secret to good health is drinking cola light.
