implementing a junk food tax was proposed by several experts. The purpose of the tax was to decrease the consumption of unhealthy foods. This tax would also generate revenue earmarked for relevant causes‚ such as; improving diet‚ obesity prevention‚ and nutrition education. The underlying purpose is to focus on maximizing health benefits. It has sparked controversy on the levels of additional bureaucracy‚ interfering with personal liberties‚ and freedom of choice. Junk-Food Taxes Introduction
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“fast” food. I reckon no one stops to think about the dangers the over consumption of junk food does to our body. The duty of ensuring a healthy life‚ and by extension healthy food for citizens‚ is the government’s job in the first place then the citizens themselves. This is so because the government has control over the marketing of goods in a country and is able to tax whatever they want and so discourage the consumption of that which is considered bade or unhealthy. Placing higher taxes on junk
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Raising Taxes on Fast Food Which sounds better‚ a $10 burger and soda‚ or a $3 grilled chicken salad and water? While convenient and cheap‚ the widespread eating of fast food has caused many health problems throughout America. By raising taxes and making fast food more expensive‚ I think Americans will begin to eat healthier‚ other restaurants will see economic success‚ and the government will spend much less on health care. When fast food prices are jacked up‚ this offers people an incentive
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Should There Be Taxes on Sodas or Other Junk Foods? Position: No Background: The question whether or not to put a tax on sugary beverages and junk food has made its way to our legislatures desks because of the overwhelming population of obese people throughout the world. The alarming consequences of obesity have given the government reasoning to take charge and try to rectify the problem. They believe that by taxing certain food items that are high in sugar and salt content‚ trans fat‚ and saturated
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Should Unhealthy Food Be Taxed? There is an epidemic seizing its grip on America. One in three Americans are currently dealing with the effects from this outbreak that has grown in numbers three-fold in the last 50 years. This is not your traditional disease that that may be in the air or water‚ rather primarily caused by something consumed. That epidemic is junk food. The Center of Disease Control predicts that nearly half of Americans will be obese by the year 2030. With obesity expected to keep
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Tahaira Dancy Mr. Mulkey Advanced Placement Language and Composition 14 May 2014 Into The Wild Test: Prompt #2 McCandless was brave enough to do things most people would not even think about doing. "He was looking for more adventure and freedom than today’s society gives people‚” comments one of Chris’s friends" (Krakauer 174). What modern society offers did not appeal to Chris McCandless; he wanted a different
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Toniloba Opasanya L6SR Types of Taxes A pie chart showing the projected constituents of United Kingdom taxation receipts for the tax year 2008-2009‚ according to the 2008 Budget. This is the pie chart showing the projected constituents of the United Kingdom taxation revenue for 2010-2011 Income Tax Income tax forms the single largest source of revenues collected by the government (followed by national insurance contributions‚ an additional levy on incomes at around 20%). Each person has
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sidesteps state income taxes on some of those gains. California’s corporate tax rate is 8.84 percent. Nevada’s? Zero. Setting up an office in Reno is just one of many legal methods Apple uses to reduce its worldwide tax bill by billions of dollars each year. As it has in Nevada‚ Apple has created subsidiaries in low-tax places like Ireland‚ the Netherlands‚ Luxembourg and the British Virgin Islands — some little more than a letterbox or an anonymous office — that help cut the taxes it pays around the
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Different Types of Taxes The tax payable should be concurrent and equitable as per the ability of an individual or households to pay. This is called the taxable capacity. Tax is the only source of government for revenue generation. Governments finance their all expenses through taxes. Those expenses include‚ To finance defense expense To finance development work and to carry on social welfare To finance administrative expenses Despite that trade driven expenses like budget deficit
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Healthy Food Against Fast Food Being on healthy diet is something hard to stay on it for a long time beacause you miss the‚ taste the smell and the joy of junk food also known as fast food. Many of us found fast food is more delicious than healthy food while few people found healthy is more delicious than fast food. World Health Organization made statistics about
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