Junk Food Tax

 Food is fuel for your body and has a direct impact on how you feel. Research and personal experience shows that foods that contain large amounts of carbohydrates, added sugar, unhealthy fats, and salt affect your body negatively. These foods generally contain a high number of calories and offer little to no nutritional value to our bodies. These kinds of foods usually make a person sleepy, and slows down the brain, making a person less active and productive. These foods are typically more convenient and in most cases less expensive. This excuse however is not convenient when you no longer have the energy to work or focus on tasks, play with your kids, go on hikes, or do other basic daily actives. How much cheaper is it, when all this bad eating has landed you in the hospital because of a stroke, or when you have to start buying monthly diabetes medication? Truth is, eating fast food/junk food is no more convenient or affordable. Too many Americans have become far too lazy and with that also came weight gain. To gain control of expanding waistlines in America, we need to
"fat tax" foods of little or no nutritional value—chips, soda, candy, pastries, fast food— and also reduce prices of healthy alternatives.