I agree it’s dumb, but I’m also trying to understand how politicians think changing the tax rate for healthier or less healthy foods can possibly affect behavior in the USA when it’s set up this way in stores
There’s some evidence it somehow works https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/news-media/research-highlights/do-soda-taxes-work
But I’ve never known what I’ll be taxed on a specific item
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/20/microsoft-taps-three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-power-ai/?guccounter=1
The original reporting sounded decent - Microsoft was spinning up a decommissioned reactor, everyone wins
This new reporting of they can’t afford it makes it seem like a bad idea in its entirety