Putting the friction on sales on producers via consumers still puts Capitalism and corporations as more important than health reasoning. 2/
I'm saying if you treat is as a math problem, the two are the same, reduce demand, hence production. It's not though, people decide things.
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It's not a math problem, it's a human behavior problem.
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And the tax seeks to make money off of consumer behavior, while serving as a mild deterrent.
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Now, ending corn subsidies might be a better solution, decrease tax loss of gov't, raise prices of raw materials for candy, soda, etc.
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There are a ton of good reasons to end/drastically reduce corn subsidies. Aquifer depletion, topsoil loss, antibiotics in cattle, and on
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To add to the bases you already covered
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I fundamentally don't like putting the consumer as the tax revenue source, or in charge of what is sold via “vote with dollars.”
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We are so easily manipulated to consume shit no matter how rational, measured we think our choices. & we're expected to make better choices.
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