Since the late 1990s, drug companies have spent tens of billions of dollars on television ads, drumming up demand for their products with cheerful jingles and scenes of dancing patients.
    • SGforce@lemmy.ca
      18·
      4 months ago

      Think he wanted a junkfood tax? Though that could also be thought of as a poor tax.

      • Ricky Rigatoni@lemm.ee
        9·
        4 months ago

        If it works like Pennsylvania’s soda tax and doesn’t apply to people paying with EBT that would be okay enough for me. Lord knows I could use some outside influence to stop buying junk food.

        Would be best to also subsidise the healthy foods to make them cheaper but no way in hell that will happen any red administration.

      • FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        4 months ago

        yeah. I think an outright ban on nasty chemicals would be better probably. No need to tax shit homeless people depend on for survival.