Which takes me back to my point on lobbying and how it needs to be completely destroyed. But tax the item, and give individuals a choice of whether to purchase it or not.
Which one is that? The "Mongo" or the "Hog"? <img src=http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/nuttylineup_485.jpg>
"....no country is trying harder than Hungary, which has, in the past 18 months, imposed taxes on salt, sugar and the ingredients in energy drinks, hoping both to raise revenues and force those who are eating unhealthy foods to pay a little more toward the countryâs underfinanced health system." The move to institute food taxes in Hungary began ambitiously. It was first nicknamed the âhamburger taxâ and included the idea of a tax on fast food. But the effort was later renamed a âchips tax,â skirting the issue of fat altogether, a change that many people attribute to lobbying by multinational corporations. And in the end, the taxes were applied only to packaged foods, making it easier to carry out. The rates vary depending on the food group: adding, for instance, about 13 cents to the cost of a 100-gram, or nearly 4-ounce, chocolate bar, or about 20 cents to a small bag of potato chips. But many Hungarians just do not think the taxes are working and see the effort primarily as a revenue-raising instrument, instituted after the conservative government introduced a flat-rate income tax, which created a large hole in the budget. The teenagers in Mrs. Devenyiâs shop may have given up on the expensive potato chips, but they have not been asking for apples either. For the most part, they are choosing similar snacks that are cheaper, either because they have less salt or because they were made with even cheaper ingredients. ------------------ cont on link...http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/w...oax-healthier-habits.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
Someone who likely has forgotten more about health and well being than you'll likely know. Did we have 50 and 60 oz. cups 40 years ago? No, and we had a heck of a lot less people who were fat and obese back then. There's a statistical correlation between the two.