Tax Soda, Subsidize Veggies
Subsidizing Healthy Foods by Taxing Unhealthy Foods. Mark Bitman proposes a "national program that would make progress on a half-dozen problems at once — disease, budget, health care, environment, food...
View ArticleBy: stbalbach
Given the debate over the role of fat in diet, such a tax would be questionable. Obviously some fats like transfat are no brainers, and should be banned, as already happened in my county. Health care...
View ArticleBy: elektrotechnicus
Will the nanny state tax staying up too late and not brushing my teeth as well?
View ArticleBy: griphus
Why don't we just cut out the middleman here and tax the poor for being poor? Stick to writing cookbooks, Mr. Bittman. The consumpto-industrial complex is doing a fine job of fucking this up on their own.
View ArticleBy: notion
Will the nanny state tax staying up too late and not brushing my teeth as well? I hope so. It looks like you still need to grow up.
View ArticleBy: Oyéah
Tax the Money-Givers (the new term for the poor). Why are they poor? They gave all their money to the Job and Product Creators in order to eat and live poorly. The worst food for health is usually the...
View ArticleBy: hafehd
I don't always buy the "bad food is cheaper" rhetoric. Every morning, my amazingly unhealthy coworker buys a bottle of soda and Hostess brand something from CVS for let's say, $2.50 total. I make a pot...
View ArticleBy: mrzarquon
Acquiring the raw materials to cook for yourself may be cheaper than fast food, but fast food also provides a clean kitchen, and does the cooking for you. Some things which may be "duh" moments for us,...
View ArticleBy: zabuni
Poor article. 1. Very sparse on details. When you are trying to solve a problem, you need a who. So who is going to pass this law? Individual cities, states, countries? They mention liquor stores...
View ArticleBy: notreally
I hope they don't reassign Drambuie to the food category. You do realize 'they' have that kind of power.
View ArticleBy: desjardins
I don't always buy the "bad food is cheaper" rhetoric. Didn't we JUST DO THIS?
View ArticleBy: wrok
Excellent plan. The government has always had a super-accurate handle on what is and isn't nutritious. Not only that, but they've always maintained the highest standard of integrity in their totally...
View ArticleBy: Oyéah
Processed white flour is cheaper than whole grain flour. White rolls, enriched white bread are cheaper than whole grain bread or rolls. Vegetables cost to refrigerate, and prepare. Organic vegetables...
View ArticleBy: Slinga
Right, and the whole point of this is that you can TAX the shitty food to make the good food cheaper. Seems fine to me.
View ArticleBy: Brian B.
We should tax soda at least enough to get back all the subsidies we pumped into it. Sugar production is basically a government-funded enterprise and has been for a long time.
View ArticleBy: notyou
Excellent plan. The government has always had a super-accurate handle on what is and isn't nutritious. Not only that, but they've always maintained the highest standard of integrity in their totally...
View ArticleBy: desjardins
the whole point of this is that you can TAX the shitty food to make the good food cheaper. Thus raising prices for everyone! Win-win! (You don't really think prices on healthy food will be reduced, do...
View ArticleBy: Ahab
Will the nanny state tax staying up too late and not brushing my teeth as well? posted by elektrotechnicus at 9:41 AM on July 24 [2 favorites +] [!] Or will they start subsidising your xbox and lynx...
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