Overconsumption of fast foods contributes to different health concerns such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart conditions. The question here is whether or not these foods must be heavily taxed.
Heavy taxes on fast foods can predictably have positive effects on those who eat these foods as a recreational activity. There are many young people who get together in fast food outlets and enjoy eating tasty, fatty, and sugar-rich junk foods, which are usually garnished well. If the costs are found prohibitive, they will be likely to hold their occasions at home eating nutritious homemade meals.
However, it might be argued that imposing heavy tariffs on fast foods will have negative effects on poor people and those who do not have enough time to cook at home. Consider students who do not have a well-paying job, if they have any, and are busy with their studies and assignments. They usually have no options to feed themselves, but eating cheap foods such as burgers and fries in fast food restaurants. The introduction of high taxes to fast foods means these people have to either go hungry or look for other cheap foods which are often unhealthy being made of low-quality ingredients. I believe, if governments decide to tax junk foods, the collected money should be used to subsidize healthy foods. Thus fewer people will eat unhealthy meals. (this paragraph introduces the opposing opinion, but states how or why this opinion does not introduce a serious obstacle)
To conclude, levying heavy tariffs on fast foods has significant positive effects, while the negatives can be reduced by providing affordable healthy foods for society using the money raised from taxes.
Overconsumption of
fast
foods
contributes to
different
health concerns such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart conditions. The question here is
whether or not
these
foods
must
be
heavily
taxed.
Heavy
taxes
on
fast
foods
can
predictably
have
positive
effects on those
who
eat these
foods
as a recreational activity. There are
many
young
people
who
get
together in
fast
food
outlets and enjoy eating tasty, fatty, and sugar-rich junk
foods
, which are
usually
garnished well. If the costs
are found
prohibitive, they will be likely to hold their occasions at home eating nutritious homemade meals.
However
, it might
be argued
that imposing heavy tariffs on
fast
foods
will have
negative
effects on poor
people
and those
who
do not have
enough
time to cook at home. Consider students
who
do not have a well-paying job, if they have any, and are busy with their studies and assignments. They
usually
have no options to feed themselves,
but
eating
cheap
foods
such as burgers and fries in
fast
food
restaurants. The introduction of high
taxes
to
fast
foods
means these
people
have to
either go hungry or look for other
cheap
foods
which are
often
unhealthy
being made
of low-quality ingredients. I believe, if
governments
decide to
tax
junk
foods
, the collected money should be
used
to subsidize healthy
foods
.
Thus
fewer
people
will eat unhealthy meals. (this paragraph introduces the opposing opinion,
but
states how or why this opinion does not introduce a serious obstacle)
To conclude
, levying heavy tariffs on
fast
foods
has significant
positive
effects, while the negatives can be
reduced
by providing affordable healthy
foods
for society using the money raised from
taxes
.