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Is a alive and well in San Franciscos coal valley. But the thought of a new soda tax is falling flat with customers like chris miles. I dont know if the government taxing people any more than theyre already taxing us would really help the situation at all. Reporter sodas have changes a lot and so are the people drinking them. Twothirds of americans are now considered overweight or obese with one out of eight now saddled with type 2 diabetes. The approach is similar to the approach we took with tobacco taxes. Reporter scott wiener and three other San Francisco supervisors came up with the plan. A two cent tax for every one ounce of sugary drink. It would raise an estimated 31 million for fitness programs. Wiener says hes ready for a fight from the soda sellers. Never going to be able to go dollar for dollar with the beverage industry. They have unending resources but we can rais ....