Save the Children - drops lobbying for soda tax, seeks funds from Coke and Pepsi

[The Straight Story]

Save the Children Switches from Soda Tax to Coke and Pepsi

Save the Children, a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to children’s welfare, has been a leader in pushing taxes on soft drinks as a way to combat childhood obesity. But the organization has decided not to lobby for such taxes now that it is seeking increased funding from Coca Cola and Pepsi.

Pepsi has already given $5 million to Save the Children, and Coca Cola is considering a grant of its own. The non-profit’s chief operating officer, Carolyn Miles, told The New York Times that there is no connection between the group’s about-face on soda taxes and the funding opportunities with the soft drink giants.

Save the Children had previously supported soda tax campaigns in Mississippi, New Mexico, Washington State, Philadelphia and the District of Columbia. There is no evidence to support the rumor that the group will be renaming itself “Save the Children…Except Their Teeth.”


http://www.allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Save_the_Children_Switches_from_Soda_Tax_to_Coke_and_Pepsi_101220

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I know one charity that will b crossed off MY donation list. The renaming is appropriate.

Sad to know that even a group like that has its price.....

[SoCalDem]

2. I guess they know which side of their bread is buttered, and who has the butter

:(

But in the end, it is still the parents who BUY the stuff and who give money to the kids so they can buy it..


Soda pop used to be "picnic" stuff..not every day, all day stuff..

:(


My boys used to BEG me to buy it, and I just said NO.

[lumpy]

3. No doubt Ms. Myles and others running this outfit will financially

benefit further from the millions donated by Coke and Pepsi. Good income racket.

[Odin2005]

4. This is what "philanthropy" by the Rich is all about.