(CBS News)
Some public health advocates are pushing cities and states to tax fattening, non-nutritious foods, like sugary soda, french fries, and donuts.
Opponents say Americans should have the right to eat what they want without being unfairly taxed for their choices, and that poor people would end up paying too much.
For the nation that created cheap, fast food, we're paying quite a hefty toll, CBS News Correspondent Michelle Miller reported on "The Early Show."
When it comes to what we eat, many Americans are making bad choices.
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5 comments:
Notice how the libtard dumbocrats solve every problem with a new tax?
The tax collected from this won't be used to provide more healthy food. The tax will be used to fly Nancy Pelosi to the detroit auto show for $300,000
...and, enter the "Food Police" with their Chief of Police, Michelle Obummer.
can we make these idiots pay more taxes? theyre unhealthy to me because they stress me out!
Forget taxes. Just make fat people and those who don't maintain healthy blood sugar, cholesterol, and blood pressure levels pay extra for health insurance. Problem solved.
Tax our cholesteral levels!! What a concept! How about they let us make our own choices?! Have you noticed how many fat Congressman there are? Bet they exempt themselves from THAT tax, too. Because, you KNOW, they are much more important than you or I, and can't be bothered, like they can't be bothered with being held to Equal Opportunity laws, discrimination laws, and any of the myriad OTHER laws which they've imposed on us (we, the people), but have exempted themselves (like the royalty believe themselves to be). Of course, if we all had to report to a gov't health clinic twice a year to make sure we meet the gov't standard for our bodies and minds......
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