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**MaigicyuNinia** · 08-05-2012, 06:42 AM

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.

Even if it doesn't make healthy food more affordable than junk food, the tax revenue would be funneled into other health initiatives. And the amount saved from reducing the number of people with diabetes and heart problems would offset any additional increase in state welfare many times over.

Strong government regulation of junk food has proven effective in NYC. Relying on lame PSAs, public education, and individual will power to exercise has not.

08-05-2012, 06:42 AM	#24
MaigicyuNinia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 525 Senior Member	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. Even if it doesn't make healthy food more affordable than junk food, the tax revenue would be funneled into other health initiatives. And the amount saved from reducing the number of people with diabetes and heart problems would offset any additional increase in state welfare many times over. Strong government regulation of junk food has proven effective in NYC. Relying on lame PSAs, public education, and individual will power to exercise has not.
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