In this day and age, people are more prone to consume junk food rather than salubrious food due to the availability of fast food shops in every nook and cranny, causing many health-related issues. Resultantly, whereas some individuals claim that imposing a high tax on unhealthy food shops would be beneficial to contain the consumption of fast food, others contend that governments ought to take initiatives in order to produce healthy products at reasonable prices to keep citizens fit as a fiddle. I, too, wholeheartedly feel that by making healthy food available to people at a cheap rate it is possible to divert their mind from harmful foods.
Enforcing a high levy on unhealthy restaurants and hotels would eventually discourage people not to consume their food frequently. To be more precise, if governments increase the tax and vat of fast food companies, the prices of food items rise sharply, resulting in decreasing the consumption of those items due to adjusting the cost of living. To cite an example, when Japan increased 20% tax on fast food chain shops in 2000, the number of customers reduced by 30% in the following year. Therefore, with a view to demotivating customers, it is imperative to increase the tax on unhealthy foods.
Plausible though it may seem that a high tax rate on unhealthy food items dissuades customers to take those things, governments have got to take strides so as to produce healthy food at nominal rates. This is because if people can find healthy food easily near their hand at a low price they would be more interested to take those foods to improve their health. Hence, in order to give foods at a cheap price, governments should give financial benefits, such as grants, incentives to farmers. To illustrate, in China, all vegetables can be bought at a very low price in that the government has a special budget for framers, resulting in making healthy generations.
In essence, much as an excessive tax rate discourages people to eat fast food, never can it provoke them to buy healthy items. Thus, I unequivocally buttress the stand of giving subsidies to farmers to produce healthy foods at a low cost.
In this day and age,
people
are more prone to consume junk
food
rather
than salubrious
food
due to the availability of
fast
food
shops in every nook and cranny, causing
many
health-related issues.
Resultantly
, whereas
some
individuals claim that imposing a high
tax
on
unhealthy
food
shops would be beneficial to contain the consumption of
fast
food
, others contend that
governments
ought to take initiatives in order to produce
healthy
products at reasonable
prices
to
keep
citizens fit as a fiddle. I, too,
wholeheartedly
feel that by making
healthy
food
available to
people
at a
cheap
rate
it is possible to divert their mind from harmful foods.
Enforcing a high levy on
unhealthy
restaurants and hotels would
eventually
discourage
people
not to consume their
food
frequently
. To be more precise, if
governments
increase the
tax
and vat of
fast
food
companies
, the
prices
of
food
items
rise
sharply
, resulting in decreasing the consumption of those
items
due to adjusting the cost of living. To cite an example, when Japan increased 20%
tax
on
fast
food
chain shops in 2000, the number of customers
reduced
by 30% in the following year.
Therefore
, with a view to demotivating customers, it is imperative to increase the
tax
on
unhealthy
foods.
Plausible though it may seem that a high
tax
rate
on
unhealthy
food
items
dissuades customers to take those things,
governments
have
got
to take strides
so as to
produce
healthy
food
at nominal
rates
. This is
because
if
people
can find
healthy
food
easily
near their hand at a low
price
they would be more interested to take those
foods
to
improve
their health.
Hence
, in order to give
foods
at a
cheap
price
,
governments
should give financial benefits, such as grants, incentives to farmers. To illustrate, in China, all vegetables can be
bought
at a
very
low
price
in that the
government
has a special budget for framers, resulting in making
healthy
generations.
In essence, much as an excessive
tax
rate
discourages
people
to eat
fast
food
, never can it provoke them to
buy
healthy
items
.
Thus
, I
unequivocally
buttress the stand of giving subsidies to farmers to produce
healthy
foods
at a low cost.