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Why Scientists Think a Tax on Junk Food is a Splendid Idea
Politicians are another story, though.
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Doesn't this only punish poor people who cannot afford healthy food anyway?
There does not seem to be a lot of statistics out there to show a correlation between sin taxes and reduced consumption.
It makes me think of the Danish fat tax that failed.
Of course, they swore that they ended the tax because it was hurting businesses and the high prices were putting jobs at risk.
I duno, junk food is already getting pretty expensive. $9 for a big mac meal, no thanks.
Just an FYI, at McDonald's they will put Mac Sauce on anything if you ask them, so order 2 McDoubles for 3.00 and add mac sauce to them, there's a 3 buck Big mac.
I am feeling more and more depressed by the way politicians ruin my world with their incredible insights, knowledge and vast amounts of empathy. And in every western country it seems they opened up a few cans of mentally challenged folk to run the place. Yeah, the west is actually starting to become less worth living in and somehow, with the surge of shortsighted imbecils in many high places, it becomes a parody of itself.