The US is in the midst of trying to stop the fall into obesity of the American people….NY has outlawed trans fats in Restaurants, others are pushing for a tax on fast foods to try and curb the consumption of said food stuffs and now health experts are proposinbg the ultimate tax—
Several of the nation’s leading health experts are calling for a tax on soda as a means of curbing America’s obesity-epidemic.
Their paper, appearing in the most recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, calls for a tax on “sugar-sweetened” drinks in order to reduce the consumption of the drinks and lower health costs as well as fund government-run health programs.
“A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is really a double-win,” said Dr. David Ludwig, a co-author of the paper and director of the Optimal Weight for Life program at Children’s Hospital, Boston.
“We can raise much-needed dollars while likely reducing obesity prevalence, which is a major driver of health care costs, the paper states. “Ultimately the government needs to raise more money to cover the deficit, and in terms of ways of raising that revenue, a tax on sugar sweetened beverages is really a no-brainer.”
Is this the answer? To tax the choices people make when they eat? If so, why not tax everything that is considered unhealthy and lower the cost of so-called “organic” products that are healthier to eat?
I want to see how many people jump on this…especially those who think the we should have more individual responsibility.
Yes by all means lets call out the Fat police.
Arrest all the fat people drinking sodas, eating at fast food outlets.
Yes don’t forget to jail them for being in possession of a bag of fating chips, what about fat people that put sugar in their coffee something needs to be done about Starbucks!!
Sarcasm…Love it! Why not we do not want people smoking of fornicating….I mean they truly know how to suck (not pum intended) all the fun out of life.
Well, they’ve legislated against almost everything else normal people want to do, why not fat? Ban fat – it will then just go away (or so the UK government seems to think – those monsters just LOVE banning things and then wring their hands in horror when it makes no f*cking difference).
So true here also…like smoking they just cannot understand why it is still going on with the tax increases, the banning and the socially unacceptability……beyond that they are inserting themselves into peoples lives which they say is not in the people’s interest….one day…they shall remove their heads from their asses….