Imikhiqizo kanye ne-Cons of Soda Taxes

Kungani Ambalwa Amakhi enza Sense

UBenjamin Franklin utshele okuthile ngesisekelo somthethosisekelo wethu omusha, intela nokufa ngo-1789 ukuthi, eminyakeni edlule, kuye kwahunyushwa ngokuthi: "Akukho lutho olukhona ngaphandle kokufa kanye nezintela; kuba nesihawu ukuthi abafiki kulowo myalelo. "Noma ubani ophethe lokho kuqondwa okujwayelekile okwenziwe ngokuqondisisa kwasekuqaleni wenza okuthile okubaluleke kakhulu ngezintela: Akekho kithi ozithandayo.

Akekho kithi othanda ukuzinikela phezu kwemali esiyisebenzelayo ukuze sizuze.

Kodwa-ke, le ndaba ayilula. Sithanda ukwazi ukuthi amaphoyisa, abacimi bomlilo, noma izimo eziphuthumayo bazovuka lapho sishayela u-911. Sithanda ukwazi ukuthi imfundo eyinhloko neyesibili ayinakulinganiswa nezingane zethu ngokukwazi ikhono lomzali lokukhokha. Uma sinezindawo okufanele sihambe kuzo, kuhle ukwazi ukuthi kukhona imigwaqo nemigwaqo, nokuthi lezo zindlela ziyalinywa ebusika. Sithanda ukwazi izimo zethu zempi phakathi kwethu kanye nosongelo ekuvikelekeni kwezwe lakithi.

Njengoba amasosha nokulimala abashayeli, izimo eziphuthumayo kanye nabafundisi basesikoleni esidlangalaleni kudingeka badle impilo, futhi, impikiswano yentela icacile ngokwanele. Kukhona izimpahla zomphakathi esizuzayo kusuka (futhi kufanele sikhokhele) ndawonye. Kodwa nokho, intela kunzima ukuyithanda.

Ingxabano Enkulu

Lezo zindabuko zihunyushwe kwisiteji senqubomgomo ngomunye weqembu lethu elikhulu lezombangazwe, futhi lokho kunemiphumela ebalulekile empilweni yomphakathi.

Kukhona ukuphikiswa kwezintela ngokuyisisekelo, futhi uma izintela zihlongozwayo enkonzweni yempilo yomphakathi, ngokuvamile kuthiwa yi-intrusion "yombango". Umqondo wukuthi thina, abantu, siphoqeleka ukwenza into okufanele ishiywe ekukhethweni nasekuziphatheni komuntu siqu.

Lokhu-ke, kungumongo wempikiswano mayelana nezintela ze-soda.

Abagqugquzeli bezempilo emphakathini abahamba phambili basuke bebanakekela njengendlela yokunciphisa ukudla komthombo owodwa ogxilwe ushukela owengeziwe futhi ama-calories angenasidlo ekudleni okuvamile kwaseMelika. Abalingani abahamba ngokufanele baphikisana nabo njengamaNannyism.

Ngibonile imibono yami esihlokweni esidlangalaleni ngaphambi khathesi, kokubili ukuphrinta nokufaka amavidiyo nge-videotaped phambi kweKomiti Yezezimali ye-General Assembly Assembly. Ngiyabona kokubili ukuxhaswa nokuziqhenya kwe-soda yokukhokhisa intela, kodwa kukhona umqobi ocacile.

Isiqalo sokuqala simane nje ukuthi akekho kithi othanda umbono wokukhokha intela entsha. Esesibili yilokho, njengendlela yokuziphatha okuguqukayo, intela yinduku-futhi abaningi bethu bathambekele ekukhethweni isanqante yesaga. Njengoba ngibonile ngaphambilini, njengomuntu olingana nomlingani ophethe futhi ethanda ihhashi langempela, lokhu kubhekiswa kwe-horsey kunzima kakhulu kimi. Ihhashi lami likhetha kakhulu izaqathe kuze kube yinkinga, futhi nginomusa kunalokho okwangaphambili futhi ngiyisebenzisa kakhulu.

Kukhona futhi izimpikiswano ukuthi intela ye-soda ikwazi "ukubulala imisebenzi" ngokunciphisa ukuthengiswa, nokuthi "ihlukumezayo" ewela kakhudlwana kulabo abancani abakwazi ukukhokha.

Izinzuzo ziqala nge-line-by-line rebuttal. Asifuni ukukhokha intela, kodwa sonke sincike kwezinye izimpahla zomphakathi ezingasindiswa ngenye indlela, njengoba kuphawuliwe ngenhla.

Insimu yezomnotho yokuziphatha ibonisa ngokucacile ukuthi izaqathe azizisebenzisi ngokuzethemba ukushintsha ukuziphatha, futhi lokho kuhlanganisa noma ukuhlanganiswa komsebenzi wombili kungcono kakhulu. Imali ayizange ihlupheke lapho intela ye-soda ifakwe imali; le ndaba isifundo.

Kuthiwani ngempikiswano yokuthi izintela ezinjalo zivuselela? Okokuqala, izintela ezibuzwa ngokuvamile zikhokhiswa intela, hhayi intela yokuthengisa. Umehluko kubalulekile, ngokuyisisekelo okungenani. Intela yentengo ayifakiwe kumthengi, kodwa umthengisi, ngokuba nelungelo lokuthengisa umkhiqizo ogcwele imiphumela emibi. Kukhona intela yezimpahla ezibhekene nogwayi, utshwala, uphethiloli nokugembula, isibonelo.

Abathengisi bangase bathathe izintela ezinjalo ngokunciphisa izinzuzo zabo; ukhetho lokudlula izindleko ezihambisana nabathengi. Yiqiniso, ngokuvamile bayakwenza.

Ukulinganisa Inkundla Yokudlala

Kodwa ukubaluleka okubaluleke kakhulu ekuphikisweni kokugodla ukuthi ukudayiswa kwe-soda, njengaleyo kagwayi, kuwukuthi kuvuselela-futhi kubaluleke kangaka. Encwadini yakhe ethi Soda Politics , ngokwesibonelo, uMarion Nestle waseNew York University imininingwane yokuthi izinkampani ze-soda zithinta kanjani imizamo yabo yokuthengisa ngokukhethekile kulabo kanye imiphakathi eyingozi kakhulu kubo, ngokujwayelekile imiphakathi yezinkinga zokuhlalisana kwabantu. Omunye angase athi ngisho nokuthengiswa kokudla okungenamsoco kanye nokuphuza okuphuza okunamandla eMelika kunolwazi ngokuprofetha ngokohlanga.

Kungani lokhu kuvuselela? Ngenxa yokuthi leyo miphakathi efanayo ihlupheka ngokungafani nemiphumela emibi lapho i-soda ifaka isandla ngokuqinile, ikakhulukazi ukukhuluphala ngokweqile kanye nohlobo lwesibili lwesifo sikashukela. Uhlobo lwesifo sikashukela sesi-2 lubiza kakhulu ngezindleko ezingaphezu kwezindleko ezongezwe kwi-soda, futhi lo mthwalo-kokubili ngokomzimba nangokwezimali-uwa phansi ngokunciphisa kulabo abancinci abakwazi ukukuthwala. Ngokwezinga elingakanani intela ye-soda iyanciphisa umthwalo onjalo, kumehluko okuphambene nokuziphendulela, okusiza ukukala izinga lokudlala.

Amaphuzu amabili ngaphezulu ngaphambi kokuphetha. Okokuqala, kunqunywa ukuthi ukudla okwamanje kunomsebenzi okwenziwe ngokuzithandela, ngisho "okuhlanganiswa" yibo abakhiqizi bezwe bokudla nokuphuza ukuze bakhulise ama-khalori okudingayo ukuze bazizwe begcwele, futhi ngaleyo ndlela banwebe inzuzo ngezindleko zempilo yomphakathi iminyaka yobukhulu bomhlaba obuthakathaka nesifo sikashukela. Izimpikiswano mayelana nokuthembela ngokukhethekile emithwalweni yomuntu siqu yokudla kanye nempilo iyahlukana ngenxa yokuhlukunyezwa okunjalo ngamabandla anamandla.

Okwesibili, naphezu kwesandla sethu sabantu abanokukhuluphala ngokweqile nezifo ezingapheliyo phakathi kwezingane kanye nabantu abadala, kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi abakhiqizi bathambekele ekuthathweni nanoma yiziphi izibopho ngokwabo. Cabanga nje ngalesi sithombe, esenziwe ngumngani, esibonisa okusanhlamvu kwasekuseni okusha okwethulwa izinkampani ezinkulu ezimbili ngo-2017.

Imiphumela ehlose (futhi efanele)

Ngakho, sihlala kuphi? Naphezu kwezizathu eziningi zokungafani nezintela, ngithanda intela ye-excise kwi-soda kuzo zonke izizathu ezifanayo engizikhokhisa intela ye-excise kagwayi. Ukuthengiswa komkhiqizo kukhulu kakhulu kunomthamo. Kodwa isizathu esibaluleke kakhulu sokusekela intela enjalo yimiphumela yangempela. Izifundo lapho i-soda ikhokhisiwe khona isikisela ukwehla ekuthengisweni kwe-soda, kodwa ishintshela "iziphuzo ezingcono" , kungekho miphumela emibi kubathengisi. Ukuthengiswa kwe-soda yokunciphisa, futhi imali yenzelwe ukuthi, futhi kufanele, isetshenziswe kwimali eqhubekayo yezempilo yomphakathi. I-soda izikweletu zentela umsebenzi njengoba kuhloswe, ngamanye amagama.

Ukumodela okusekelwe emiphumeleni enjalo kubonisa ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi kunezinzuzo ezinkulu kakhulu. Amashumi ezinkulungwane zempilo angasindiswa minyaka yonke e-United States ngemiphumela yerhafu elincane elincane le-soda yedwa. Kodwa-ke, izimpilo ezingamashumi amashumi ezinkulungwane zingasindiswa ngezinsizakalo ezisetshenziselwa izithelo nemifino. Leyo mali ingavela intela ye-soda, phakathi kwezinye izindawo, kanye nombono wami kufanele nakanjani sisekele izaqathe kanye nokusebenzisa intela yentela yesikweleti.

Ochwepheshe bezempilo bomphakathi bacabanga ukuthi intela ye-soda kungenzeka isakazeke, futhi ngisekela lokho. Ngikhuthaza ukuba wenze okufanayo-hhayi ngenxa yokuthi noma ubani wethu uthanda intela, kodwa ngoba kufanele sithande ukukhuluphala kwengane futhi uthayiphe u-2 wesifo sikashukela ngisho nangaphansi. Kufanele sisekele intela ye-soda ngoba kubonakala sengathi isebenza njengoba kuhloswe, futhi njengesizathu senqubomgomo yezempilo yomphakathi, izifo ze-epidemiology-ukuthi kwenzekani ngempela kubantu-kufanele zithande ngaphezu kwemibono.