Argumentative Essay About Taxing Soda

Into) The conflict between whether or not taxing sodas will be able to effects to reducing the obesity population is still a conflict. In San Francisco, 62% of the people voted yes for taxing sodas while the remaining 37% of the residents had voted no. San Francisco was not the only other city that passed this law; Philadelphia, Albany California, Colorado, Cook County Illinois, Portland Oregon and Seattle Washington had also passed this law sometime in 2016. “More demand for health services leads to higher costs for health care and hence this increased stress on the public health system is a negative consumption externality of sugar consumption,” stated Briggs Adam. The idea that if the taxes on sodas raise it would impact people's health and hopefully help them change their diets. On the other hand, taxing sodas could greatly affect the lower class greatly. It is all about what people chose to do when these taxing and laws are enforced in a community.
Against ) The idea that taxing sugary drinks will reduce obesity is being studied by one of the nutritionist specialists at the University of Carolina “soft drinks are linked to diabetes
While taxing sodas could potentially help lower the rate of people who get diabetes, it could also help change the way people eat and their diets. Sugar like sodas can be so addicting, having to much sugar at once will cause you to not perform to the best of your ability. After having read what taxing sodas can do to the lower class I don't think it's good for the lower class to have to suffer and search for food just because the taxes are being raised for other nonimportant reasons. These people have to live on cheaper food to survive and by taxing them, it will take away the privilege of eating and receiving