lol soda tax
Soda taxes are great things, given the diabetes epidemic.
so anything that causes issues like diabetes epidemic should be an excuse to tax the people so gov can spend more
GOT IT
it would make more sense in a single payer system... the idea being soda leads to health conditions that the healthcare provider needs to pay for, so makes sense to send soda consumption money their way.
the soda tax isn't obligatory, or confiscatory.
soda tax is not "raising taxes of the poor", but on everybody. and nobody's forcing the poor/anybody to drink sugary garbage
Do Soda Taxes Work? Not Unless Retailers Raise Prices
https://hbr.org/2018/01/do-soda-taxe...s-raise-prices
The bigger issue is widespread ignorance about how to eat healthily, compounded by confusing, even for non-ignorant, conscientious-eaters, nutrition info from the nutrition/die ian crowd
the bigger problem, esp for poor people, is that S.A.D highly-processed food-like substances from BigFood/BigAg are very cheap, very ty compared to healthy food.
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but people do not have time to eat healthy because the min wage has gone up so high and everything is so much they have to work 2 jobs
are you re ed?
If so, maybe they'll give you a pass for peeing in front of kids
people eat at fast food places because they are in a hurry
partly, and partly because they are lazy. I'm sure in some cases it's the only option. But it really only takes a few minutes to put something together at home.
Even conveniences stores are starting to offer healthier choices. But people get addicted to the taste of crappy fast food and aren't willing to sacrifice that for health.
And even if McDonald's is your only choice, it doesn't mean you need a Big Mac, Large Fries, and a Coke.
wonder why people are lazy maybe because the gov offers hand outs ?
I bring my food to work and eat
healthy food can taste good but deep fat fries are great
do you think schools should offer breakfast and lunch even in the summer when no school is in for free?
I think that should be up to the school districts.
I know a lot of lazy people who are not getting government help.
I love fries. I even get a McRib once a year. But I know enough to not eat fast food 5 days a week.
Probably not.
Even if they did, I don't know how many parents will drive their kids to school and wait on them to have breakfast. Assuming that any kids during the summer would want to do that.
I think that money should go to school supplies and bus drivers not toward free food
they do all the time in Yuma az
What if they can afford all of it?
they can not that is why teachers went on strike in az
Maybe they should find a way to pay for all of it.
Fundamental economics. It provides a mitigation for negative externalities and cost-shifting.
We all pay for the health costs even in our current system of health care rationing. Cost and risk sharing are all taking place even here.
one way is stop teaching the people that live in mexico!
san luis would have 8 less schools!
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