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The Lounge / Re: Bunless Chicken Burger
« on: Monday, October 04, 2010, 18:41:52 PM »constitutional rights
If there's one thing I could call broken record on, it would be this. But that's another topic.
Today's American's are too lazy to inform themselves about what they intake on a daily basis. People can claim that they're too busy to pay attention then there's the others that want what they want despite the consequences. Both of those types of people need to be taxed.
A tax is one of the worst ways to go about telling people to eat healthy. The information is there for people to read, whether they choose to or not is completely up to them. Do not punish me because someone else does not care about their health. And with all of the health related topics on the news, how can people not know what is healthy and what is not? Taxing food just to get us to eat healthier is against our political philosophy and is unconstitutional above everything else.
I also do not like you using the term "Today's Americans" to justify your statement. Everyone I know knows what food is healthy and what is not. Generalizations don't work and should never be used.
I hope unhealthy foods get taxed. I just hope they mark truly unhealthy foods, those including poisonous preservatives, not just the ones loaded with fat.