spujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agorule :(i.imgur.comimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1707
arrow-up1707imagerule :(i.imgur.comspujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoThis would only make sense if food stamps were the main driving factor in junk food sales (they’re not, everyone wants to eat garbage sometimes).
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI don’t think he government needs to subsidize eating garbage, though.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoNeither do I, but beef subsidies aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoso tax junk food higher and subsidize healthy food directly? or do we only want poor people to eat healthy food?
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoGonna tax people to pay for the corn subsidies then tax people for eating the corn syrup
This would only make sense if food stamps were the main driving factor in junk food sales (they’re not, everyone wants to eat garbage sometimes).
I don’t think he government needs to subsidize eating garbage, though.
Neither do I, but beef subsidies aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
so tax junk food higher and subsidize healthy food directly? or do we only want poor people to eat healthy food?
Why not both?
Gonna tax people to pay for the corn subsidies then tax people for eating the corn syrup