Vermont leads the pack when it comes to healthy states.  Now, Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell proposes another way to help make Vermonters healthier:  tax sugar-sweetened beverages.  The health rationale behind the tax is to cut down on obesity by discouraging consumption of sugary drinks. Though at least half the money raised by the sugar tax would go toward improving Vermonters’ health, the tax proposal is generating buzz–including controversy–around the State and in the Statehouse.  Apparently, there’s already even a Facebook page dedicated to fighting the tax proposal. Between skyrocketing health costs, including those health expenses related to obesity, and studies linking sugary beverage consumption and poor health, including cancer, politics…