People have a right to choose what they eat, without governments interfering through taxation. If the government is serious about fighting obesity, they should do it through programs that change what people want, teaching children about moderation, importance of exercise, and so on.
Simply taxing people until they have no choice but to fall in line is never the right answer.
Simply taxing people until they have no choice but to fall in line is never the right answer.
Sin taxes on fat and sugar. What do you think?
- 13/11/2012 09:19:33 AM
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Sure. Revenue's got to come from somewhere. But only after we end corn subsidies and the like. *NM*
- 13/11/2012 01:52:01 PM
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I think they are stupid ideas.
- 13/11/2012 02:11:14 PM
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Re: I think they are stupid ideas.
- 13/11/2012 03:28:59 PM
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Yeah you're right
- 13/11/2012 03:52:09 PM
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Yes, that is exactly what I meant
- 13/11/2012 03:59:00 PM
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I would recommend you read Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
- 14/11/2012 06:04:42 AM
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Palm oil? They want to tax shampoo?
- 13/11/2012 11:03:44 PM
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No, the tax is only for foodstuffs in which palm oil is an ingredient. I should've clarified that *NM*
- 14/11/2012 11:53:30 AM
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A palm oil tax is potentially a much more complex issue than you suggest
- 13/11/2012 11:12:24 PM
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Re: A palm oil tax is potentially a much more complex issue than you suggest
- 14/11/2012 05:25:15 PM
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No
- 13/11/2012 11:42:14 PM
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