Fat Tax

Disagreement on Tax for Fatty Foods There is an important question that has been brought out to many people’s attention. The question is should the government imply a tax for fatty foods? In the article titled, "why a fat tax will have no effect on obesity levels” Lefever state, “Taxes on smoking and drinking do not change the behavior of nicotine addicts or alcoholics.” (Why a fat tax). Lefever is trying to say with this is no matter what is done to prevent something as long as a person wants it or desires it they are still going to get it no matter what they have to do for it, addictive smokers still smoke, alcoholics still drink. I think that taxing fatty foods will not really make a difference, which is why I disagree that there should not be an increase in fatty foods. Although it might affect people with a small budget I don’t think it will affect people with a bigger budget. In a ABC news broadcast, Steive from the Arizona highway magazine states, “the fat tax is a regressive tax that will affect the low income people much more than people with money. People with money can afford to go to good healthy restaurants; poor people go to drive threws.” (could a fat tax). People are always going to go out of their way to obtain whatever it is they want. I don’t think we should give the government the right to tell us what we can and can’t eat. We are all different and fatty foods react differently to everyone. On some people fatty foods can act a lot worse than on to others; to someone else it can just be part of their regular basis diet. Fatty foods can be part of someone’s lifestyle. At times fatty foods can be cheaper than having to go out to the market and spending a lot of money in purchasing groceries. Fatty foods are a quick alternative to eating a quick meal. Not only will it affect people purchasing the fatty foods but it will greatly affect restaurant owners as well. The way it will affect these restaurant owners is because they won’t