A US municipality, city, or state with a population of 500k or more imposes taxes on sugary drinks that are as severe as the ones that they impose on hard liquor before 2034.

Qualifications:

— Municipalities that do not tax hard liquor do not count.

— Sales tax does not count. The taxes need to be “sin” taxes or public health taxes.

— municipalities include cities AND counties.

— taxes can come from multiple levels of government. All that matters is that if you buy a $2 Coca Cola and a $2 minibar Jack Daniels bottle the percentage of that $2 Coke price that is going to sin taxes is equal to or greater than the percent of the $2 spent on Jack.

Data for settling claim must come from either a reputable news source or government documents.