Bittman: Time to Tax Junk Food

With the “Standard American Diet” producing ever more heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, it’s time to tax junk food and subsidize vegetables, writes Mark Bittman in the New York Times . “Right now it’s harder for many people to buy fruit than Froot Loops,” he says, suggesting sweetened drinks, like soda,…

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Bittman: Time to Tax Junk Food

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