Sunday, December 27th, 2009
The debate over junk food taxes is drawing increasing attention from both sides. Continued debate over of the adverse health impacts of sugary drinks is coupled with heating debate over the propriety of a tax on a dietary pleasure -- a pleasure some believe people have an unassailable right to ...
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Last month New York Governor David Paterson proposed an obesity tax to be levied on fattening foods. He characterizes America's problem with obesity as a crisis. Drawing a comparison to cigarettes, he suggests that just as cigarette taxes reduced the number of American's consumption of cigarettes, a tax on certain ...
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
The leading cause of death in the United States is heart disease[1]. In fact the average American stands a 1 in 3 chance of dying from heart disease. Advances in medical technology cannot offset the increasingly poor lifestyle that American's lead. Most people are familiar with the most often cited ...
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