Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Taxing Pop

Yes, i think this scare campaign is effective but only because it forces people to be scared of it. Yes i think the growing obesity in our nation is an epidemic of large proportions because i can actually see it happen. In my opinion, there's probably more obese people in our nation than there are normal size people. Even if the new tax goes through in America, there's still a chance that it won't happen here because then pop and stuff would have to cost a lot more than it already does since most things in Canada cost more than what they do in America. So if they were to add tax on pop or chips, then they might lose a lot of people who buy pop. If it does actually go through than i would maybe continue buying pop depending on how much it actually is. When i watched the video that was posted, i didn't really react to much to it.

I really hope they don't tax pop because it really isn't necessary. I don't even really think that pop is the thing that's causing the obesity. They should be more focused on fast food rather than pop. Maybe they should add more tax on fast food then that may prevent people from buying food not good for you even though you can't afford it. Another reason why none of this is necessary is because there are other reasonable ways of stopping the growing obesity. So thats my opinion on taxing pop.