> a tax on unhealthy food to help fund Medicare and Medicaid. Fully 13% of the population lives in an area with restricted access to grocery stores[1]. Couple

> a tax on unhealthy food to help fund Medicare and Medicaid. Fully 13% of the population lives in an area with restricted access to grocery stores[1]. Couple that with car-centric anti-pedestrian development[2] and you have a definitively societal problem. Addressing that with taxes on the individual will not address these causes, only shift the burden further onto the poor. 1. https://www.aecf.org/blog/communities-with-limited-food-access-in-the-united-states https://www.aecf.org/blog/communities-with-limited-food-acce... 2. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/11/09/in-praise-of-americas-car-addiction https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/11/09/i...