Public health campaigns often blame victims. Anti-smoking or nutrition programs target poor choices but ignore how state policies create unhealthy environments.
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Yes often taxation of unfavorable products would directly lower the buying incentative. But with all addictive substances it is not this easy.
Or the government should just go away and stop meddling. They already do subsidize certain foods and now that distorts the entire market. Try to buy any packaged good at the store that doesn't have corn in it for example.
As long as you let the government pick winners the winners won't be healthy food options they will be food options with the best lobbyists.
Alcohol, legal. Weed, Schedule 1.
Corn, subsidized. beef, constantly demonized.
I cannot agree more with that. Hare brained nutrition research and policies have ruined our health