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Paying Fat Tax could be a problem

 

Fat Tax could be a problem.

Fat tax means paying tax on foods that causes obesity. It is hard to ban what I like to do right away.

Therefore, we could solve it by education rather than not just let people eat.

I agree that fat is not a personal problem so, we need to worry about the various social factors that cause obesity but, there is not only fat tax to decrease obesity rate.

For example, a year after the increase price of smoke, the smoking rate is back in place. In the early days of the increase, smock sales seemed to be on the decrease due to the high price of smock, but in fact, there was no big difference compared to before. It means we cannot decrease obesity rate by fat tax. Also it is important to educate and exercise the right eating habits. So, I think it would be very helpful if we add education that keeps students from not getting obesity, like proper eating habits or the impact of fast food.

Also I think fat tax is a policy of taxing the poor.

Junk food has less nutrients than general meal but it has more calories than general meal and also it is much cheaper than meal. People who are economically time-consuming often rely on junk food. In addition by increasing the spending of the low-income bracket, the poor will become poorer and live with lower quality food.

If that happens, there will be protests to remove the fat tax by the poor people, then it will create confusion in the country.

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