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To: bentway who wrote (542421)	1/9/2010 2:29:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576627

They don't tax fresh food in Florida. Do they in Utah?

To: bentway who wrote (542421)	1/9/2010 2:47:03 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576627

why healthy people live longer and cost the system more, when they get in their 80s and 90s that are in for some kind of treatment all the time. it's way cheaper if everyone dies in their early 60s

To: bentway who wrote (542421)	1/9/2010 4:46:09 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576627

>You could eliminate taxes on healthy food, like fruits and vegetables. Work both ends. I don't think we have any taxes on those. We need to do something to encourage wider distribution of them. But part of the problem is that a lot of places in lower-class neighborhoods aren't really equipped to handle produce like that. I'm not really sure what the answer is. But just trying to penalize people for eating foods that aren't good for them isn't the right move to me. Between the unavailability of healthy food, the ubiquity of unhealthy food, and the spread of misinformation about what's healthy and what isn't (have you seen the new ads from Taco Bell advertising some of its products as diet food?) it's a problem that's going to have to be tackled from multiple angles. -Z