Thursday, May 13, 2010

Tax Junk Food? Yes

*Statement of the problem*

-Heart disease,cancer,stroke and other diet-realted conditions (to little physical activity)


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*solution*

-Put more fresh fruits and vegatables on the plates of school age kids.
-Encourage Americans to switch from high-fat milk to 1 percent or skim
-Encourage kids to take physycal activities.

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*Evidence*

-Prematurely kill several hundred thousands Americans each year, a treatment of those conditions cost tax payers more than 100 billion each year.


*Refutation*

-Yet the goverment spends almost nothing to promote better diet and more exercise wich will prevent disease.



*Conclusion*


-A one cent per can tax on sugary soft drinks, though or small taxes on other disease-
-Promoting foods could raise billions of dollars.