Benefits the economy, what about the homeless?
Not obligatory to eat junk
childhoods, experiences, emotions, mental health
It's quite apparent in modern society that junk food is the bane of nutritionists and salad eaters. And many of them think that they should rid us from eating unhealthy foods by putting taxes on it-but this idea is pointless and only causes everyone more trouble. Junk addicted people will stop at nothing to eat their favourite food, even if a tax is in the way, and people who are already on the streets have to suffer even more financially and (can you believe it?) nutritionally. Not only is general health and income affected but mental health can suffer, ranging from young children to impressionable teenagers. Why should they switch to diet food just because adults want to lost weight? Why can't they be allowed to experience the joys of eating food they like? You may think it's for the best, however taxes on fast food can have detrimental effects.
Money is a precious thing, but doing things such as making civilians pay more for junk food treats it as meaningless. The economy is already at a point where already filthy rich businessmen wring what they can out of struggling families, but now they have to even make them pay more just for food-a basic necessity to survive. And with people like the homeless, survival is all they can think about. This is why junk food is ideal-calorie dense, filling and cheap. No one on the streets thinks of expensive diet food to lose weight, because for them this is life or death. Are you really going to selfishly take more out of what little money they have already?
Junk food may be important for financially struggling people, but if you are well sheltered and financially secure you can rest assured you have nothing to worry about. It's highly unlikely anyone is forced to eat unhealthy food. The solution is not to put taxes on fast food-it's to educate those who indulge in it, the diseases they might have and compromises instead of eating it daily. If you make people pay more for it they will still eat it just as much, because they haven't learnt that it's not good for them. The more addicted they are, the more willing they are to pay more!
Not only is it a pointless 'solution' that can affect one's wellbeing and income, but even childhoods can be ruined. Junk food on the occasion never hurts anyone, and becomes a special treat or celebration. Everyone should be rewarded for their accomplishments, and if fast food is a reward so be it. Almost no one eats lettuce or tomatoes for leisure. Emotional and nutritional needs of children and teenagers are different to that of their middle aged mothers. If having junk food has rewarding and sentimental connotations, we must let them experience a fulfilling childhood while they still can. They've only been on the Earth for a few years, why should we teach them that they should be punished for eating what they like?
Taxes on junk food fixes nothing. It might even exacerbate the problem. It only satisfies money hungry businessmen who need no helping, but in order to do that it also takes from those who need the help most and innocent people and children who have no need for the tax. Educate, instead of punish. Reward, instead of discipline. We cannot feed into the hunger of those that need it least.
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