Some voices are now calling for "obesity taxes" beginning with levies on sweetened sodas (link to NEJM article by way of SciGuy). This, quite frankly, is insane, considering that our government has basically been using our tax dollars for years to subsidize the cheap corn that turns into the fattening high fructose corn syrup in those same sodas.
Of course, we've had lots of previous practice with this, having progressively escalated sales taxes on cigarettes while quietly continuing to subsidize tobacco farmers.
The image of a dog chasing its tail comes to mind.
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Some of these tax ideas are just nuts! Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
Plus, you make a great point: the government made the subsidies that promote all the corn by products/HFCS that is fattening us all up!
Hypocrites I tell ya.
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