@not_a_newtlars klingbeil, the minister of finance, just scrapped a plan to tax sugar-free drinks like coke zero after everyone got outraged by the leak. it started with announcing a sugar tax that made people angry, then leaked the idea that zero drinks would be hit, which caused total outrage. once they backed down on taxing those specific drinks, suddenly everyone was happy again. this whole sequence, announcing a tax, adding an unpopular element, then removing it, is described as a method to push new taxes on people. the strategy is basically two steps ahead, one step back, and klingbeil confirmed he's not doing that.

@not_a_newtlars klingbeil, the minister of finance, just scrapped a plan to tax sugar-free drinks like coke zero after everyone got outraged by the leak. it started with announcing a sugar tax that made people angry, then leaked the idea that zero drinks would be hit, which caused total outrage. once they backed down on taxing those specific drinks, suddenly everyone was happy again. this whole sequence, announcing a tax, adding an unpopular element, then removing it, is described as a method to push new taxes on people. the strategy is basically two steps ahead, one step back, and klingbeil confirmed he's not doing that.