Goverment deems man too fat to live. (In New Zealand.)

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Mr Puggsly said:

badgenome said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Some brilliant left wing logic. How about finding ways to make healthy foods cheaper?

Unhealthy foods tend to be cheaper and taxing them further hurts the poor.

That's not really true, though. Going down the junk food aisle is a lot more expensive than hitting the produce section. A bag of potato chips can be over $4, while bananas are like 50 cents a pound. But most people will opt for the former. It's just a cultural thing.

Well you did some cherry picking.

A large name brand bag of chips could be 4 bucks. But if they're on sale they could be significantly cheaper. There are cheap brands as well, you could get a large bag of chips for $1.

Bananas are one of the cheapest fruits. Most fruits and veggies are more expensive than bananas.

Even preparing a nutritious dinner yourself may not be as cheap as buying some $5-6 pizzas or $1-2 hamburgers.

Actually, its still going to be much cheaper.

You're not going to just eat a pizza or burgers and be done with it in 90% of cases. You're going to get other items with it - chips, pop, breadsticks, fries and so on. Those things add up and become expensive.

Or you could, you know, make your own healthy pizza for a fraction of the price. Its not like these kinds of food are somehow cheaper to buy prepared than they are to make at home with healthier, homemade ingredients.

Heck, look at french fries. They're about 10x more expensive to buy than to make, because potatoes are very, very cheap.