US Universal Healthcare: How are we going to pay for it?

[Rath]

Kasz216 said:

Rath said:
@HappySquirrel. You don't tax them directly, you put taxes on junk food. And yeah, I quite like the idea.

It all depends on whether you view healthcare as a universal right, I do and as such along with education and defense among other things I view it as something which the government is obliged to provide for all of its citizens.

Why?  Not everyone who eats junkfood is obese?  Your targeting people who are healthy but may like junkfood for no reason.

If I like a hamburger every once and again but am balancing that out vs many other healthy activities i'd get screwed.

In fact i can eat junkfood but be way healthier via exercise and making sure i eat the right things outside of that then someone who doesn't eat junkfood.

Junkfood has an overall negative impact on societies health though, a very large one at that. Taxing unhealthy food seems sensible given that.