About a while ago I watched a video made by the YouTube channel Vox. The video was called "Why eating healthy is so expensive in America", they had a graph using cigarettes, in which it showed that the higher the cigarette prices, the lower the cigarette smoking. youtube.com/watch?v=HOE5QDDKDlY I saw a thread where comrades were screaming at each other after someone said that med4all is useless because his tax money would go to the medical bills of people who are complete fat-asses (the guy who made the tread even used a picture of a fat-ass). 8ch.net/leftypol/res/2631184.html Because of the number of obese Americans, do you think junk food taxes will work?
The drawing of Max Stirner is unrelated, I just chose him because looks like someone who would questions.
they'd never be passed, food lobby would crush it without effort
Christopher Long
Look more like someone who wants to act smug as fuck
Brody Richardson
McDonalds did great during the recession because those Big Macs have all the carbs you need.
The people who do roofing and etc eat doughnuts, pizzas, and shit like that. This would hurt them. Take a look at traditional food. The reason they were so full of lard and etc was because people worked hard and they needed all that shit.
Shit like salads and etc are really only for the people who aren't doing crazy ass shit like that.
Jayden Phillips
Americans love sin taxes and love regressive taxation in general. Here in Seattle the liberal "professionals" (i.e. closet fascists) got one passed and have so far loved it. Makes themselves feel superior while also staving off the need for a state income tax in addition to shifting even more of the burden of taxation onto the poor. Fuck these people and fuck this state.
It's not the 90s anymore. Seattle has become so fucking boring and culture-less thanks to Amazon and all these non-Microshit tech companies that there is almost no reason to live here unless you have a fancy developer career. Oh yeah and don't bother with this shithole if you are just starting out either. They only hire experienced devs because reasons, even for entry levels gigs. A lot of code bootcamps got run out of town because of this. Very little demand for hot shot "code ninjas" or whatever.
Robert Edwards
Would prefer a at tax we really have an obesity problem and that would definitely help cut down
Cameron Cruz
they can buy potatoes for a lot cheaper
Ryder Murphy
It's a bad idea because Americans are superstitious about food. Ask an American health nut and they'll tell you rice, potatoes, bread, eggs, meat, etc. etc. are all unhealthy and going to kill you/make you obese. It's retarded, they'd tax bean burritos from Taco Bell.
First thing Americans need is education on calorie and protein counting. Then walkable cities. Then provide them with actual good food, cooking classes (and free time to cook), and communal kitchens or community restaurants. Then get rid of the fucking advertising. Then you can consider a tax on actual bad food like soda and alcohol. Just make the total tax rate equal to the rate of health expenditure the food/drug causes.
