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

[SamuelRSmith]

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.

Just cut the subsidies for corn, it cuts the budget, and achieves a similar goal to yours, anyway (bringing the prices of healthy/unhealthy food closer to each other).

Also, get government out of regulating school meals. A lot of dietary habits are set during youth. Activist health organizations will have far more effect campaigning to individual schools at a time, rather than campaigning to district/city/state/federal governments.