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Some people think that the government should increase tax on unhealthy food to encourage people to start eating healthily. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

#people #government #tax #food
Nowadays many
people
 suffer from unhealthy
food
,
also
 known as junk
food
. In
this
case
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people
 want
government
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the government
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 to make
tax
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the tax
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 on unhealthy
food
 even bigger
,
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 than it is now. In theory, it could help them to stop eating it and make a decision
for
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to
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 healthy
food
. On
other
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another hand
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hand
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 no
one
 should limit
person's
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a person's
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 right
on
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 eating whatever person wants and, obviously no
one
 should use methods
such
 as
this
one
, because
people
's rage may cause serious problems. To be honest, I do not understand
this
 desire for a bigger tax. For reason behind
this
 is that it may not be effective and
also
 may be incorrect. Unfortunately, junk
food
 is a part of
culture
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the culture
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 in many different countries,
for
instance
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 the US or the UK. Taking fast
food
 out can be compared to cancelling cinema
theaters
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 or museums,
however
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 I am not even sure that museums are as popular as
fast
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fast-food
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food
 restaurants.
Furthermore
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 big
tax
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taxes
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 can cause
closing
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the closing
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many
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of many
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 of them,
what
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 means
an
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unemployment and potential poverty problems. The only way,
the
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only solution I see is a simple
populariazation
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popularization
polarization
 of sports activities and healthy
food
. Actually, in our modern world sports activities are very popular, yet many
of
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overweight
people
 just do not have enough motivation, but lack of motivation is
much
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a much
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 less difficult problem to solve, rather than possible multiple unemployment.
In addition
, according to
the
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Yale university's research,
number
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a number
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 of
outweight
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outweigh
people
 is decreasing each year. It may be concluded from statistics that at least five
persons
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 want an change their lifestyle. To conclude, I genuinely do not support
this
 offer. It is not
good
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a good
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one
 and it would not change anything. Taxes are not the way, but sports are. Each person should decide
to
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 refuse or not by himself or herself.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • unhealthy food
  • junk food
  • calorie-dense
  • taxing
  • incentivize
  • manufacturers
  • prohibitively expensive
  • disproportionately
  • low-income households
  • healthcare costs
  • obesity
  • diet-related diseases
  • punitive measures
  • lifestyle choices
  • government intervention
  • food industry
  • economic impact
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