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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Dr. Jai Maharaj posted:   
   >   
   > Should meat be taxed like alcohol and cigarettes?   
   >   
   > By Heather Moore   
   > Sun Sentinel   
   > sun-sentinel.com   
   > Thursday, April 16, 2015   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > Continues at:   
   >   
   http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/sfl-should-meat-b   
   -taxed-as-a-sin-tax-20150410-story.html#   
      
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   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
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