Quote (howtodisappearcompletely @ May 17 2016 07:08am)
Although taxing sugary drinks is something I support, I don't think there's even one single obese person who will reduce their calorie intake because of that tax. Most of these drinks are already relatively expensive compared to healthy stuff anyway, so this just doesn't make enough difference.
Look at what happens in Finland, where they keep on raising the tax on alcohol. People are still drinking themselves to death at the same rates as twenty years ago.
The sugar tax burden falls mostly on the poorest, as cheap food & drink is often unhealthy and laced with sugar. Richer people can always replace that food/drink with more expensive substitutes that have less sugar and avoid paying the tax.
Quote (duffman316 @ May 17 2016 08:00am)
That's a bit too authoritarian imo. People have the right to be fat and left alone. We should find monetary ways to incentivise people losing weight, such as a deductible for annual healthcare costs if you are in a healthy weight range