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Who needs personal responsibility when big daddy government can tell us what's good and what's bad and tax appropriately?
Fat tax? Bite me. If you think that by taxing the "bad" stuff is going to discourage anybody from partaking, I have a box of hammers I'd like to watch you match wits with. I'd like to see statistics on how many 'smokers' don't smoke because the tax is too high. Smokers don't stop buying cigarettes because they cost more, they just find other ways to make up the difference. A dis-incentive tax. Please. It may cost a bit more, but folks will find a way to smoke.
Tax fatty foods? Are you out of your mind? Do you think people cram their faces with cheeseburgers, pop-tarts and pringles because they're cheap? It's because they taste good. The 'cheap' is just the metaphorical icing on the cake. Cheeseburgers are great. Pop-tarts are fantastic. Pringles? Tasty mmm. All cheap? All right. People aren't going to stop buying excessive amounts of 'fatty foods' just because they cost more, they're just going to find a way to make up the difference. If the vast majority of folks had to choose between three boxes of "healthy snacks" or a single box of Ding-Dongs, guess what they're going to pick? How many of them are going to fork over more than a couple of dollars for a double cheeseburger in the interest of slimming America down?
The government has gotten into the exceptionally bad habit of just addressing the symptoms without understanding the underlying problem. They want to fix the 'bad' stuff? Educate us. Real facts from real professionals showing us what really happens.
I don't need another "Mom & Dad" to forbid the bad, wrong and immoral, but I hardly ever ignore a friend who's trying to help me.
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