Tax High Sugar Items.

Obesity is one of the worst epidemics to hit the United States and a surge of high sugar / high fructose corn syrup products is one of the main causes. Why must we continue to allow a product that is potentially as dangerous as cigarettes to remain untaxed while obesity related diseases remain one of the main reasons why health care cost are so high in America? According to Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, and Thomas Frieden, MD, health commissioner for the City of New York, "A penny per ounce tax could reduce consumption of sugared beverages by more than 10 percent." Lets makes America strong and healthy again by pulling out one of the root causes of Obesity; High Sugar/High frouctose corn syrup products.