Let Them Drink Water!

The article implies that taxes on junk food should be applied to help with the trillion dollar health care plan. Considering that we the consumer is going to pay for the health care bill one way or another.

Let them drink water, basically says that we should heavily tax soft drinks and junk food. The author brings in a good point by saying what will happen to the people who cannot pay five dollars for a soft drink? A source responded: let them drink water. All the article is implying is that if you cannot afford a soft drink, water should be your substitute. My second point is that people often don’t realize that anything the government does is always paid for by the people. The people are the government’s income source, if the government increases taxes on certain products, then the majority of the population will not be affected. One can argue that most of the population does not buy junk food. If increasing taxes on those products will help save most consumers some money in the long run, they should pass the law.

In my opinion, society usually works in this way. You must give something get something. Most Americans wanted the healthcare bill to pass, without properly thinking about how we were going to afford it. Often we like to over look the important things and go off on untamable ideas. My outline is that we must learn to adjust in an ever changing society, to cope with new and conventional ideas.