Wow, Uncle Duke was WAY ahead of the curve in regarding the "Fat Tax"!

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sethnintendo said:

SamuelRSmith said:
How about just ending all the subsidies for corn? That saves money, makes people healthier, and appeases me.

They should subsidize fruits and veggies (the good ones aka not corn which is turned into high fructose corn syrup).  Something is terribly wrong when you can buy 1000+ calories for 1 - 2 dollars of junk food / fast food yet have to spend way more money on what we should be eating in the first place.  The USA food system completely sucks and it is pretty obvious that corporations have led the USA diet to shit while profiting off of junk food that fatties can't resist.

That's misrepresentative.

Afterall, it's not like calories are equally filling.

Healthy food is perfectly cheap... and in general price has been shown not to be a factor.  Food deserts have mostly been proven to be a myth....

people are obese largely because... people WANT to eat unhealthy because Unhealthy food tastes better to most people/is easier.