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**T1ivuQGS** · 08-05-2012, 06:33 AM

Hence why I propose we tax the **** out of junk food to raise prices. Junk food should be an occasional indulgence, not a daily meal for the poor. It shouldn't be cheaper to buy a McValue meal than to cook a healthy meal at home.

Health education is a joke. We've had health education in public schools since at least the 1980s and obesity is still skyrocketing. It's a feel good measure that doesn't step on any toes. Human desire for cheap junk food is far too strong. Unless tougher measures are taken, nothing will change.

Healthy food will never be cheaper than junk food. Producing a food item with actual health benefits takes time, money, and dedication. Pink Slime nuggets probably cost less than a penny each to make. So what's the answer? Raise prices on junk food? Unless we increase inflation by increasing minimum wage, poor people with shoestring budgets wont even be able to eat. That means more welfare, more food stamps, and a greater dependency on government handouts. The problem is and always will be a lack of proper education. No sin tax will ever change that.

08-05-2012, 06:33 AM	#21
T1ivuQGS Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 473 Senior Member	Hence why I propose we tax the **** out of junk food to raise prices. Junk food should be an occasional indulgence, not a daily meal for the poor. It shouldn't be cheaper to buy a McValue meal than to cook a healthy meal at home. Health education is a joke. We've had health education in public schools since at least the 1980s and obesity is still skyrocketing. It's a feel good measure that doesn't step on any toes. Human desire for cheap junk food is far too strong. Unless tougher measures are taken, nothing will change. Healthy food will never be cheaper than junk food. Producing a food item with actual health benefits takes time, money, and dedication. Pink Slime nuggets probably cost less than a penny each to make. So what's the answer? Raise prices on junk food? Unless we increase inflation by increasing minimum wage, poor people with shoestring budgets wont even be able to eat. That means more welfare, more food stamps, and a greater dependency on government handouts. The problem is and always will be a lack of proper education. No sin tax will ever change that.
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