Fast Food Tax
One of the biggest issues Americans are faced with today are the increasing obesity rates that spread throughout the nation. The American industry makes it easy to eat unhealthy. Fast food is a quick, cheap, and tasteful meal made accessible to virtually anyone. When comparing prices at a grocery store, for the most part its clear junk foods are less expensive than healthy foods. If a tax was placed on unhealthy foods, it would make a substantial difference in the way consumers shopped.
In 1938, the Agriculture Act was passed to allow the government to financially aid farmers that grow corn, cotton, and wheat due to the shortage of food production nationwide. This concept further expanded over the years and eventually the Farmers Bill was …show more content…
The most common perspective is to buy cheaper products to avoid spending hard earned money. To help balance the price difference between healthy food and junk food, a tax should be placed on all foods containing few nutrients and high amounts of sugar, salt, or fats. If the expenses of both types of food are evenly matched, then customers would be more likely to shop healthier.
A federal tax on junk food would greatly benefit communities throughout each state. The tax dollars could possibly go toward improving infrastructure, expanding education and establishing local farmer markets. This tax will be valued by citizens in more ways than one. It will ultimately lower the obesity rate in the United States.
The tax dollars are simply being spent in the wrong region of the food industry. If there were to be any government subsidies it should go toward the production of fruits and vegetables where it would improve the health of Americans. The U.S. government is crippling the nation by making unhealthy foods cheap. This issue needs to be resolved immediately in order to get the nation on the road to healthy
In 1938, the Agriculture Act was passed to allow the government to financially aid farmers that grow corn, cotton, and wheat due to the shortage of food production nationwide. This concept further expanded over the years and eventually the Farmers Bill was …show more content…
The most common perspective is to buy cheaper products to avoid spending hard earned money. To help balance the price difference between healthy food and junk food, a tax should be placed on all foods containing few nutrients and high amounts of sugar, salt, or fats. If the expenses of both types of food are evenly matched, then customers would be more likely to shop healthier.
A federal tax on junk food would greatly benefit communities throughout each state. The tax dollars could possibly go toward improving infrastructure, expanding education and establishing local farmer markets. This tax will be valued by citizens in more ways than one. It will ultimately lower the obesity rate in the United States.
The tax dollars are simply being spent in the wrong region of the food industry. If there were to be any government subsidies it should go toward the production of fruits and vegetables where it would improve the health of Americans. The U.S. government is crippling the nation by making unhealthy foods cheap. This issue needs to be resolved immediately in order to get the nation on the road to healthy