- It helps discourage consumers from eating foods that aren't good for them.
- Health care costs of obesity are skyrocketing, and even non-obese people must share this cost burden.
- Additional revenue could be raised by the government to cover health care, medical research, and other items.
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- People are personally responsible for their weight, not the products.
- How would you decide what items to tax? Virtually any products can make you obese if abused.
- A tax would punish successful businesses for providing products that people want.
- The government already taxes income, alcohol, gasoline, sales, and about everything else in our lives.
- Additional taxes can lead to job cuts in the affected businesses and contribute a degradation of consumer
purchasing power.
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