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Sugar addiction. I'm guessing a sugar tax is the quickest/easiest way to get those numbers down.
by doggosphere 6y ago
Sugar addiction. I'm guessing a sugar tax is the quickest/easiest way to get those numbers down.
- bilegeek 6y agoI'm not anti-tax, but a better way would be to stop subsidizing sugar production so much. Less subsidies would drive up prices, making a tax redundant. However, since that's only federally, it's less attractive. States would probably prefer a tax on a per-state basis, since it would be a source of revenue for them, unlike the savings from federal subsidy cuts.
- nullsense 6y agoKnowing me I'd still buy it no matter the cost and just end up poorer. I'd prefer unlabelled products and no advertising etc to a tax. I dunno. It seems healthy living and the current food industry are perhaps fundamentally incompatible. I would support some form of regulation aimed at improving public health outcomes, but struggle to see a tax as the answer for me personally, though it may work for some.
- Daho0n 6y agoSome countries have this. Denmark's tax: Chocolate and confectionery (added sugar above 0,5 g pr. 100 g.), 3,76 USD per kilogram Chocolate and confectionery (added sukker maximum 0,5 g pr. 100 g.), 3,32 USD per kilogram ...etc.
- username90 6y agoGiving poor people food stamps largely increase share of sugar bought from super markets compared to those who don't get it but are otherwise equally poor, so currently USA subsidizes unhealthy food habits via tax dollars.