Do you agree with so-called 'sin taxes' on soda and fast food?
While some support this simply for economic rather than public health concerns, do you agree or disagree its a good idea to try and deter consumption of unhealthy products through legislation and higher prices?
That would be a nightmare with soda. Is diet soda that unhealthy? What about plain or even flavored seltzer? And how about the new products that are fortified with vitamins? Would the tax apply to these fancy styles of coffee that are probably worse for you than regular soda?
However something like a tax on products that still contain trans fats could work I suppose.
No i live in California and these taxes simply spiral. First it was cigarette and booze taxes which everyone accepts. Then it was soda taxes, then taxes on periodicals (magainzes etc.) now they are dreaming up even more taxes ad infinitum. PLUS the sales tax is now ALMOST 10% on top of that! The gov't is Jabba the Hut, it eats and eats and never ever gets full!
poor people don't have to buy soda and fast food...the reason they buy it now is because its cheap, but if it were taxed than maybe more would buy staple foods....ya know, pasta, rice, local produce, maybe splurge on some meat once or twice a week. And then there wouldn't be so many obese poor people too lazy to find a good job because their brain is clogged with the garbage they eat.
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