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I really don't want to sound hyperbolic, but I think this gets the point across more easy: "Why are you trying to make this about profit? Discipline is hard an
by PeterStuer 3y ago
I really don't want to sound hyperbolic, but I think this gets the point across more easy:
"Why are you trying to make this about profit? Discipline is hard and Cocaine makes people happy. Companies responding to what people want isn’t evil"
The market environment is extremely creative (this isn't a bad thing) and players will always try to externalize everything but the profit. This is why regulation should put boundaries.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoI’m down for taxing fat people to neutralize the externalities they create but I don’t think selling unhealthy food has negative externalities. Eating too much does so sure tax the eater. There is zero external downside to a healthy person eating a moderate amount of unhealthy food.
- PeterStuer 3y agoTaxation as a behavioral incentive is typically applied os a sales tax. So in practice this is a consumption tax, not a production tax. The externalities in this case are caused by the producer/promoter, as an externalized health risk. What you are probably refering to is the secondary effect of aggregate increased healthcare cost.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoThere’s no external health risk though. I reject the idea that people don’t realize unhealthy food is unhealthy, they just dont care enough to stop eating it. The health risk is completely internalized.