Well, if this was the govern-cement's goals, they could just stop subsidizing the production of HFC (high fructose corn syrup) We give that corporation lots of tax dollars every year to continue making the shit.

Further, we artificially raise sugar prices by strict tariffs so that sugar farmers "don't go out of business".

So, although some of these people fighting for this tax may actually believe they are helping, they instead are being useful idiots helping drum up support for a new tax.