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it only makes sense that a system which provides access to basic health care would have a system interest in preventative treatment--in helping people keep themselves healthier for longer.
it is self-evident that obesity is a serious health problem in the united states: if raising the price of sugar and/or hfcs based sodas would contribute toward a reduction in obesity, where's the problem?
even if it doesn't mean that instantly everyone looses a bunch of weight, you cannot seriously believe that such sodas are not problematic, particularly if consumed regularly.
that these things would be advertised as they are, without regard for the health consequences of their consumption, is one indicator amongst thousands (many) that capitalism is NOT rational that regulations ARE required. profit motive does not coincide with anything but itself: if "enlightened self-interest" is not enough to extend, say, the sense of interests of a coca-cola corporation beyond generating revenues for itself and into consideration of the health consequences for it's own market, then they have to be forced to. a tax is a relatively benign way to do this. regulation outright would be better.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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