Poor people buy junk because they can't afford anything else. The answer is not to tell them what to eat, but for someone in the junk food busines to do a Tony Stark, Ironman, and decide to devote their resources to repairing the damage they've caused. Hmmm.
And talking of banning substances, the government hasn't banned aspartame - a dangerous additive to all 'diet' sodas. Why? because Coca Cola and other big junk food conglomerates have lots of $$$$ to pay for 'blind eyes'.
It's almost like a conspiracy. Junk food manufacturers inundate us with cr*p and then we have to spend money on healthcare and pharma that only works on symptoms, not the root cause.
Example of cheap healthy eating. A bag of dried whole lentils can be sprouted at home with a mason jar and a muslin top held on by elastic band. Truckloads of nutrition.
And by the way, I'm slipping into poor...no land, renting, yet preparing for a much simpler way of living. We grow some veggies and herbs, and sprout a lot of seeds...
with love and blessings
sunny soleil
There shouldn't be a consumer tax on junk food but a tax on every supplier who uses MSG, bad additives, hydrogenated oil and an order for them to clean up their act, through the threat of tax and to not charge any more than they do.
Whatever happens, the poor will end up paying more and they will bear the brunt. Junk food is the addiction foisted upon people by manufacturers via the media. Then they say 'we are only providing what the customer wants'. Doh! The customer is hypnotized by TV and isn't capable of knowing what they want.
Meat should become a rare treat, expensive, all organic, and something we eat once a week instead of 3 time a day in the case of some.
People can keep healthy by being taught how to sprout for little cost and much added nutrition.. I can see it now..the hypnotic adverts that send people in a daze to the sprout seed section of the local Ingles or SaveALot or Piggly Wiggly.
Healthy, organic foods are right now only available to those with money. WE all need to learn to grow our own food, become more self-sustianing as the poor rural people round here do.. and when there's too much, they share it with the community.