SWA # 10

Title:

 Can taxing bad food be the solution?

Thesis:

 Mark Bittman tries to make his readers to agree with him on the idea that  unhealthy food and drinks should be taxed because that could benefit our society from angels.

Main points:

* He first discusses the problem.

* He gives some facts and statistics about the amount of unhealthy food  to support his claim.

* He address the fact that some people buy junk food because it is cheap in comparison to healthful food. 

* He compares his idea of taxing bad food to taxing cigarettes and says that both ideas are the same thing.

* He mentions the fact that some kinds of soda are already taxed and that helped in reducing the consumption of the unhealthy drinks.    

* He then justifies the idea.

* He thinks that it is the government responsibility to make sure that people eat and drink healthy food.   

* He uses both logical and emotional argument to support his claim

* He builds his credibility by using lots of numbers and information from reliable sources.

* He throws out some benefits that we could get from taxing bad food such as a decreasing obesity rate and a huge amount of money to be spent in public health, building new gyms and pools, etc. 

* He gives some ideas to make healthy food more available such as vending machines that sell only healthy food. 

* His goal in this essay is clear and obvious.

* He assumes that his audience are not willing to pay more for their food so he suggests that we can only put a very small tax on this food such as a penny or two. And at the same time, the government should try to reduce the cost of healthy food so everyone can afford it. 

* He believes that by doing this , America would be an  example for the rest of the world.

Conclusion:

People should not be thinking about their pockets when it comes to their health because if anyone gets sick from eating cheap food, his  or her money will be useless. Therefore, we need to think about ourselves and be a good example for the coming  generations and try to find a quick solution for this serious problem.