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Should meat be taxed like alcohol and cigarettes?
Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:
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> Should meat be taxed like alcohol and cigarettes?
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> By Heather Moore
> Sun Sentinel
> sun-sentinel.com
> Thursday, April 16, 2015
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> At this time of year, the last thing anyone wants to
> think about is paying more taxes. But there's one tax I'm
> in favor of - and you should be, too, if you care about
> your health and the health of the planet: a sin tax on
> meat, cheese and other animal-based foods.
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> If Congress were to levy a 10-cent tax on every pound of
> meat sold in grocery stores and restaurants - and a
> modest sin tax on each dairy item and carton of eggs - it
> would not only stimulate the economy but also give people
> yet another incentive to give tasty vegan foods a try,
> which would then help to reduce the nation's health care
> costs and its Sasquatch-size carbon footprint.
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> Americans have to pay excise taxes on cigarettes, alcohol
> and gasoline to help offset the health and environmental
> costs of these items, so it's not too much of a leap to
> expect people to pay extra for unhealthy - and
> unnecessary - foods that harm people and animals, waste
> resources and contribute to climate change.
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> Before you balk at the thought of more taxes, consider
> this: We pay a tax on gasoline in order to motivate us to
> conserve fossil fuels, which in turn is aimed at reducing
> pollution and combating climate change, so shouldn't we
> also pay a tax on animal-based foods for the very same
> reasons?
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> According to the United Nations, the production of meat
> and dairy foods requires more resources and causes more
> greenhouse-gas emissions than the production of plant-
> based foods. It takes roughly 1,000 gallons of water to
> produce just 1 gallon of milk, and it takes about 11
> times more fossil fuel to produce a gram of animal
> protein than to produce a gram of plant protein.
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> Continues at:
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/...10-story.html#
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