Junk food should be taxed for many reasons. First of all it kills! Many Americans choose to eat fatty fast food instead of healthy food. According to the article, Tax on junk food can help pay the cost of diet-related diseases by Ronnie Cummins, it states that “In 1972, U.S consumers spent three billion dollars a year on fast food;today we spend more than a hundred - ten billion dollars”. He meant that Americans spend more money today in fast food than back then. Millions of people have become addicted to the fast food, from young kids to adults. Junk food is sold at some school lunchrooms, restaurants, and institutional cafeterias. That's why junk food should have a big fat tax. …show more content…
People may wonder how this society can become healthy and fit.
The government should “subsidize healthy organic food, not junk food” said Cummins. Schools need to educate their students about nutrition and how to become fit. School cafeterias need to change their menu from unhealthy to healthy and nutritious food. People need to go to a gym, learn how to cook healthy foods, and learn how to eat very little fatty food. According to Ronnie Cummins “Studies have shown that school organic gardens, salad bars and healthy lunches improve the health and academic performance of young people”. Andrew P. Morris is against that junk food should be taxed. He claims that “it's no one's business to know what you eat.” That may be true but how much people eat can be alarming. People should always watch out with what they eat and the quantities. It's better to be safe than
sorry.
Junk food is the nation's number one health issue. Obesity rates in the U.S are increasing fast. Forty percent of U.S meals are bought and consumed outside home, according to Cummins. Cummins states that “every day seventy-five million Americans “supersize” themselves and damage their health by eating at fast-food restaurants”. To make matters worse “sixty percent of Americans are overweight or obese” stated by Cummins. One out of three children born since year two thousand will develop diabetes in their life, according to Cummins. The health care issues generated estimate is one hundred - fifty billion dollars every year. Andrew P. Morris the man against taxing junk food states that the tax “will clog our economic arteries and stifle economic growth” Mentioned that without a clear explanation,why?
To summarize all this important information up, junk food should be taxed because it will help the Americans have a better and healthier lifestyle. Also the obesity and overweight rates will decrease causing less people to die from junk food. To end it all less people will buy junk food and buy healthier food causing people not to get addicted to junk food anymore.