I just can't believe this!

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Originally Posted by reefermadness

ya except tobacco is buried in tax. Food under $4 is only subject to 6 or 7 percent. I'm not trying to make an excuse for tabacco.....really I wouldn't mind if junk food had a separate tax. Infact my idea is to tax junk food and subsidize healthier choices and make it income neutral for the government. I think you would see a huge drop in obesity if this were to happen.

That is the problem, tobacco or alchohol would never be illegal as there is way tooooo much moula for the government. Remember what we would pay for either is mostly tax. Imagine if they taxed fast food like they do with cigs or alchohol, I happy meal would be $15 bucks then.