Time.com Notes Study Showing Soda Tax Would Do Little to Slim Waistlin

One tool that "obesity epidemic" alarmists have suggested for addressing how to trim Americans' waistlines has been to slap taxes on sugar-laden soft drinks. The media have dutifully reported the notion from time to time when they're raised in different localities. Now a new study by economist Eric Finkelstein finds that such a tax would have relatively little impact in terms of helping…