Tax Sugar

This weeks article is about the government trying to put a tax on sugar. Many critics believe that this is being done because of the health push on America. America has been thought of in recent years as the fat child of the world. We eat the most per person, we spend the most money on food and luxuries. If you look around you can tell that America has a high percentage of overweight and obese people. But a tax on sugar? Tat is just not right. Sugar is imported from many tropical places because we use so much of it, and we grow so little of it. This tax increase on sugar would provide these countries with more money and consumers in america would be spending more to purchase the products they already buy every day. I do not think people realize how much sugar effects the economy.

The government is proposing this tax to try and make more money for its self and to build relations with smaller countries that have resources, so that we can use them to our advantage. This sugar tax is unwanted and will cause more uproar than good. The government needs to think this one through before making any decisions that would change the current flow of the economy.