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The government's necessary action of dealing with the
increasing health problems due to fast food is said to be imposing a
higher tax on it. While I agree that the higher tax on fast food could prevent
the increasing number of health problems, I believe the drawbacks outruns the benefits.
Many people are in favor of consuming fast food
because of its convenience and affordable price. Despite the health issues that
come along, its cheapness provides opportunities for the people to save money
for later use. Therefore, a higher tax than before would cause a great burden
to the consumers of fast food, thus decreasing the demand eventually and
gradually. Being unable to save from eating fast food would then shift a great
number of people to other kinds of food sources that are not as much critical
to health as the fast food. As a result, the issues of growing health problems
from consuming too much fast food would decrease, creating a healthy society. (매우 좋습니다!)
Although imposing a higher tax on fast food brings a
result of decreasing health problems, there are several drawbacks. A major
factor is the negligence of a one's freedom. Imposing the higher
tax is compelling the consumers of the fast food to pay extra, while other
non-fast food consumers does not need to pay extra for their meals. Another
factor is that the meat consumers are also in as
serious health problems as much as the fast food
consumers, so the higher tax would not help
these people. Additionally, wealthy people won't feel any differences in the
price than before, therefore continuing to eat fast foods.
In conclusion, imposing a higher tax on fast food
would bring more drawbacks to the people than the benefits, such as limited
freedom and the wealthy people having no effect on from the tax.
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