Why is the mayor of Philly proposing a sugar tax? What is next?

He wants to sweeten the pot! The pot of over burden on the taxpaying consumer that is.Philly is broke , due to its m social entitlement programs and fiscal mismanagement, but under the guise of a sin or now a healthy tx he wants to believe he can solve all of his problems, its what is happening in toadays world creative ways to tax the people, why not cut spending?