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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Find a junk food that's easy to tax, that is always bad for you and never good for you regardless of your own health status, your weight, your exercise level and the amount that you eat. Then we can talk about taxing it. I'd even be receptive to it. I just don't think it's practical, that's all.
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Easy, tax fast food restaurants.
Pretty easy to target.....everyone knows what fast food is. Just increase the taxes 156% like Obama did with tobacco rates.
So, instead of paying $8.99 for a Burger and Fries and Mickey D's.....suddenly everyone will pay $14.04.
Lets just ignore the fact that poorer families tend to eat more fast food, considering its a lot cheaper than paying $20/plate at Swiss Chalet, so you target the middle/lower class once again.
Maybe that'll just force all those people to educate themselves, and start making their own food at home, which IS a lot cheaper.
But, I doubt it.
People quit smoking because they were educated about the effects of cigarettes. Not because the government taxed it.