quote:Originally posted by dolemitejb:
Let's just go ahead and tax being stupid. Let's force every American to take an intelligence test that is graded on a scale of 0-100. Your score is the percentage of your income you can keep. If you score a 20, you're obviously only smart enough to spend 20% of your money on your own, and smart politicians should spend the rest.
No but on a more serious note, I agree a tax is not ideal. Ideally, the government would stop subsidizing corn, which is what enables America to have so much cheap processed foods. This would essentially reduce the supply of sweeteners, which effectively raises the price of junk foods. Different from a tax, but the same end result.