Fast food should be taxed!
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i'm very thankful i live in a place where trans fat higher than 2.0g is not allowed in fast food restaurants. yay government regulations that are actually beneficial0
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Add a tax to all fast food and subsidize healthy eating propaganda in public places.
They could even add a warning the doors of fast food places like on alcohol bottles and cigarettes packs.
By fast food I mean:
-anything fried
-with added sodium
-with added sugar
-anything that sounds unhealthy or you suspect is.
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Too bad they cant tax stupidity.0
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I live in MA. Cigarette taxes have gotten so high here that most brands its about 9-9.50 a pack. I know very few people who have quit. People want something they'll have it.0
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It is ... Taxed.....0
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i'm very thankful i live in a place where trans fat higher than 2.0g is not allowed in fast food restaurants. yay government regulations that are actually beneficial
Because there is no way you could choose whether or not to eat trans fats yourself. Amirite?0 -
The government shouldn't decide what is "undesirable" behavior and tax us based on that. So no, it really shouldn't.0
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Add a tax to all fast food and subsidize healthy eating propaganda in public places.
They could even add a warning the doors of fast food places like on alcohol bottles and cigarettes packs.
By fast food I mean:
-anything fried
-with added sodium
-with added sugar
-anything that sounds unhealthy or you suspect is.
You're on a roll with posting silly things.0 -
Too bad they cant tax stupidity.0
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Hey guys! Its a political topic during an election season!0
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Let's not let people vote, either. Yea, they might make a bad decision with their freedom. We better just take that freedom away, JUST IN CASE.0
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I've lived in both Manitoba and Ontario (Canada), and there are taxes on most fast foods and on a lot of junk foods in grocery stores... soooo yeah. Already done...0
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By fast food I mean:
-anything fried
-with added sodium
-with added sugar
-anything that sounds unhealthy or you suspect is.0 -
Stop.0
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Taxing things to make people stop doing it is pretty ineffective. When I started smoking, cigarettes were $2.75/pack. When I moved out of MA last year, I was paying $8.15. At no point did I think, and I still don't, that when I quit smoking it will be over money. The casual fast food eater may be swayed by a tax, but a food addict won't.0
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Sure! Add some more taxes, that will get people to stop. It's done a fabulous job cutting down on tobacco use. Oh wait...
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In Louisiana, fast food is already taxed. We are one of the un-healthiest states in the nation. No one wants the government telling them what to do, they are going to do the opposite. It does not work and wastes tax payer $$'s on ridiculous studies.
I could see a benefit by the government helping with lowering the cost on healthy foods and produce, instead of giving us cheap packaged, processed foods that are of no health benefits. If the government really cared about the "health cost" of our nation, it would do this. More affordable healthy foods for our bodies would also help with lower trips to the doctors office as a whole.
Just a thought I felt like sharing. BUT with all of that being written, I also believe it is up to the individual to be responsible for their own body.0 -
Add a tax to all fast food and subsidize healthy eating propaganda in public places.
They could even add a warning the doors of fast food places like on alcohol bottles and cigarettes packs.
By fast food I mean:
-anything fried
-with added sodium
-with added sugar
-anything that sounds unhealthy or you suspect is.
So the government can literally live off the fat of the land....
those fat *kitten* have it so easy in Canada.
If I want a $1 McChicken, I have to pay $1.07!!! $1.07!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :brokenheart:0 -
Taxing things to make people stop doing it is pretty ineffective. When I started smoking, cigarettes were $2.75/pack. When I moved out of MA last year, I was paying $8.15. At no point did I think, and I still don't, that when I quit smoking it will be over money. The casual fast food eater may be swayed by a tax, but a food addict won't.0
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I totally disagree with taxing food.
Eating at a fast food place doesnt make you unhealthy if its just once in a while. yes its higher in fat/ sugar/ salt
but most healthy people can handle it. Why make the punishment for everybody.
Its like with most things
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Its only like with alcohol and booze and suchlike, when its a habit and become abused is when it causes problems.
I hate all this nanny state crap. whatever happened to freedom of speech and freedom of choice.
The way its going we'll all be treated the same as that film Demolition man where you cant make your own decisions about anything!!
If I want to die of lung cancer and high cholesterol that's my choice. I pay my taxes and my own medical bills and work bloody hard to do so.0
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