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It is not the food, it is the actions of people concerning it. You can eat anything you like in moderation, taxing something because someone else abuses it is insane.
Keep taxing and eventually people will get tired of it. They will see that protesting will do nothing and then there will be conflict. How many of you are willing to tax as such when your life may depend on it? Keep at it and it eventually will.
It is not the food, it is the actions of people concerning it. You can eat anything you like in moderation, taxing something because someone else abuses it is insane.
Keep taxing and eventually people will get tired of it. They will see that protesting will do nothing and then there will be conflict. How many of you are willing to tax as such when your life may depend on it? Keep at it and it eventually will.
Exactly. What about people who are active but like soda or cheeseburgers or whatever? I hike every weekend and work out during the week, but I love my icecream. Not everyone who buys cheetos is sitting on the couch watching tv. And if they are, so WHAT?
Exactly. What about people who are active but like soda or cheeseburgers or whatever? I hike every weekend and work out during the week, but I love my icecream. Not everyone who buys cheetos is sitting on the couch watching tv. And if they are, so WHAT?
The bold is what gets me as well. Did we stop living in a free country? What happened to all the people clambering on about freedom. That same crowd is now on a crusade to save everyone from themselves and with "friends" like that, who the heck needs enemies?
I am amazed that people who see "socialism" under every bed do not seem to have any problem with the government control of the most personal choices of people with the power of the tax.
in my experience, the 'socialist-seers' are the same ones having the most problems with such taxes.
can you name a few of these mystery people who are simultaneously complaining about socialism, but approve of taxing everything that can't move out of the way fast enough?
they sure don't seem to post on this forum much..
You can't tax the food. The food is not what is at fault. 'Unhealthy food' does not make you fat. Eating too much of any food will make you fat. So it wouldn't work anyway. You'd have to drag everyone out, dump 'em in a body fat testing chamber, and tax 'em based on those results.
You can't tax the food. The food is not what is at fault. 'Unhealthy food' does not make you fat. Eating too much of any food will make you fat. So it wouldn't work anyway. You'd have to drag everyone out, dump 'em in a body fat testing chamber, and tax 'em based on those results.
don't start giving them even newer and stupider ideas, please
Any predictions on what the next target will be after the anti-unhealthy food crowd gets their way?
NASCAR fans.
It is not within the government's Constitutional mandate to tax our foods to direct us towards healthy eating. The only reason this is being talked about is fat peoples health costs end up affecting others, and it will especially if we have UHC. Like was said above, if we get UHC put through, then the government could tax you based on your own BMI, but they better not text unhealthy foods because I work hard to stay healthy and every couple of weeks a may want a Volcano Burrito from T-Bell, but that doesn't mean I'm unhealthy!.
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