Opinion writing. “Governments should impose higher taxes on fast food.” Do you agree?
Lately, not only lower prices of fast food have a popular topic, but it has also led some collectives to voice criticism of the mainstream attitude. I firmly believe that it should be a crucial target for the government to impose higher taxes on fast food due to its damaging effect on our health.
Firstly, it has been hugely proved by endless scientists that junk food has bad effects on our bodies like increase of cholesterol or gaining unhealthy weight or on the other hand it could decrease our mood. I strongly believe it but many people do not care about this.
Governments should take care of this type of issue and promotes campaigns that offered information. But, it probably has not many results, so they ought to increase the prices of junk food, and then, people may reconsider the function of this measure.
On the whole, it is clear to me that governments must impose higher taxes on fast food to raise awareness people of its inconvenience. Furthermore, the whole society ought to struggle to understand the reason for this fact and rationalize their consumption.