Health problems
I was watching Dr.Nancy on MSNBC today, and they were discussing a possible tax on soda.
I feel that this may just be a useless cause. It’s not going to stop people from buying soda, it may cause people to buy less, but it’s not going to completely stop it. I understand that it’s a way of trying to make the country healthier, but if they want to cut back the obesity in this country, how about we get rid of all of the processed crap we feed ourselves and our kids? I know I probably sound like some crazy health nut, but after reading Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s Dilemma”, I learned that everything that we eat has some form of corn in it. Whether it’s High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, etc. I mean, the animals that we eat are fattened by corn so that they can be taken to the slaughterhouse sooner rather than later.
I’m not trying to be one of those people, the kind that give you crap for what you eat, especially because I’m eating rice cakes as we speak. However, I think that if this country could show a little restraint when it comes to this type of stuff, we’d be better off.
So what do you think?
