Part of the reason why half of America is morbidly obese is not because the food is cheap, but because the food triggers endocannabinoids and you literally become addicted and suffer withdrawal symptoms from food that is quite literally killing you .01% per meal.
Tax it all you want, if you want to solve the problem you gotta put a surgeon's general's warning on 95% of food America eats as "This food will cause you to die if you eat more than x grams per day".
What I want is a little indicator on every food item at the store, a number as the percentage decrease in overall health when this food is fed every meal to various animals. A score of how long this food will cause a monkey to die if he eats X grams per day. It might be a shocker to see the healthfood isle filled full of foods that will cause you to die if you eat it every day.
Tax it all you want, if you want to solve the problem you gotta put a surgeon's general's warning on 95% of food America eats as "This food will cause you to die if you eat more than x grams per day".
What I want is a little indicator on every food item at the store, a number as the percentage decrease in overall health when this food is fed every meal to various animals. A score of how long this food will cause a monkey to die if he eats X grams per day. It might be a shocker to see the healthfood isle filled full of foods that will cause you to die if you eat it every day.