Zipp237 Member

Arguing about whether the tax is good or not is silly. It doesn't matter if you are in favor of the tax or not. It's coming. You'll pay it. Don't like it? Too bad. Personally, I'm glad. They cannot tax junk food high enough. If you don't want to eat healthy diets, pay for your healthcare. You should be eating healthy and…

Of course you can buy in bulk. That was already covered. The troll thing is getting old, especially when combined with questions that were already answered and serve only to demonstrate the meed for something to help people who cannot understand things.

Nobody has said that the food had to be provided. *Sigh.* Another example of people not understanding, demonstrating the need for a food system. People still but their food and make their choices. The card is just a guide to stop them from making bad choices. Any small cost associated with writing programs to load on the…

There we have it. A sugar tax is good, but it's not enough. If we want healthy people, we need a national system to help them. If we leave people alone to choose their own diets they won't choose wisely. They need help planning better.

Yes, absolutley. A sugar tax is long overdue. Sugar is too cheap. Make it more expensive so people buy less of it. A card would solve that problem, too, though! If not a card, a hefty tax on sugar and all foods with added sugars. People should pay up if they want to eat that stuff!

It would, but a card would be better. Then nobody is buying giant amounts of junk food to give children. They'll have to find some healthy options to serve the kids or just eliminate group snacking as an activity which would be even better. The card solves the problem and people won't complain about being taxed. A tax is…

Who said anything about money? No offense, but these kind of questions illustrate the need for something like a Healthy USA Food Program. People just don't understand what is explained to them and need help. A card would do that. Nobody would have to understand what was explained, the card would just work. If you've used…

I didn't say it was the biggest crisis facing Americans. So there's that. There isn't any single diet that would benefit every single person, so nobody can come up with one single diet.

None, yes, doesn't apply, doesn't apply.

There is no one size fits all. I'm not defining parameters because there are none. It's like you're begging me to start defining things so that you can say it's crazy. You'd be right. It is crazy to have a one size fits all plan. Hence the lack of parameters.

Lots of places have seatbelt laws to keep people safe and functioning in a healthy way. I'm not trying to protect people from everything. I'm just advocating for a healthier lifestyle for America.

Nope and everyone gets one. If you're already making good, healthy choices then there is no change. There really is no downside for people who already eat healthy.

If eating healthy and not overdoing it on Cheetos sounds like telling you how to spend your money then fine.

Educating people is fine and dandy but it doesn't stop them from making poor choices. It would be fan-freaking-tastic if everyone learned about nutrition. For those who don't want to learn anything they can have a card and just use that as their crutch. Helpful, easy.

You didn't actually ask a question to dodge, but I'm dodging nothing. There are no parameters. You just follow whatever is loaded onto your card. If you have special needs then that gets loaded.

To help people make healthy choices. Give it some time and people would be better able to tell what is and isn't good for them. Until they learn, rely on the card. It won't let you buy too many Cheetos.

This is an excellent reason why a Healthy USA program would be beneficial. People wouldn't have to learn about the elements of a healthy diet. They'd just use the card. If you try to buy Oreos and you're over your limit you just cannot buy them and have to use up some of your other choices. You don't have to guess or…

No. Buy whatever you please. Nobody is telling anybody what to eat. Spend as much or as little as you like. We already do this with WIC recipients. They even have *buy this, not that* and they're actually limited by brand in some cases. This cereal, not that cereal. It isn't complicated and it works. I'm not suggesting…

I don't think a tax will stop very many people but a card would help a lot more people. The tax would have to be really high to be effective in deterring people from an unhealthy lifestyle. Just in this thread you can see how many people start getting really upset about the idea of eating healthier. We are an unhealthy…

Move to Fiji if you like, but the tax is coming. A card would be easier and I think it would be healthier, but the tax is coming and that is good.

Nope!

Aren't black market dealers criminals? Because it sounds like you're saying, "If there were a food card, I'd become a criminal."

It really isn't different. The only people who will have a change are people who aren't already eating healthy.

Forgoing healthy food so that you can buy up a lot of sugar and sell it on some black market sounds very foolish. Is that really what you want? To become a criminal and eat unhealthy food? Those two things sound like the insane things to me.

Again, nobody is being told what they can and cannot eat. If you want Cheetos, choose Cheetos. Your choice. Carlos can have his Oreos.

It could be set up with a yearly limit, easy. They could even print warning on receipts like they do with the gas discounts so people don't forget or go too crazy. It really wouldn't be that hard and people would start learning what healthy eating is about. We have to do something. We are an unhealthy country and it is…

If you're already eating healthy then nothing changes. If you're not eating healthy it's a nudge in the right direction. Stop fighting for the freedom to be unhealthy. That is the insane thing.

If you don't want to eat healthy food it would be a change but it wouldn't be a change for everyone who is already eating a healthy diet and living a healthy lifestyle. Nobody is saying that anyone has to be a vegetarian. Eat whatever to want to eat.

If you bought in bulk it would just last longer so it's really not an issue. You get so much of this and that. If you want to buy it all once, do that. Your choice. You like choice, right? So choose. It's your diet and your allotment do whatever you want with it. Nobody is being told what to eat or how to shop.

I do not know. I just do not know the answer for alcohol. Buy in bulk. Who said anything about stopping you? You're making it more complicated than it needs to be.