Instigator / Con
8
1503
rating
26
debates
46.15%
won
Topic
#1071

Junk Food Tax Group Debate

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
8
0

After 8 votes and with 8 points ahead, the winner is...

Club
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two weeks
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Pro
0
1482
rating
1
debates
0.0%
won
Description

3 person team for each debate, please list out your teammates on first round. Write arguments via PM and forum. The people cannot vote.

Round 1
Con
#1
Junk food, the unhealthiest food that you could possibly eat. Government officials are starting to blame this food for the cause of obesity in America. They are creating a junk food tax hoping to decrease the amount of obese citizens. But it just won’t work!
    Now this tax isn’t new. In 2011, Denmark introduced the world first tax relating to this matter, “The Fat Tax”. Less than 12 months after it was introduced, it was taken away. Danish people were going other countries to buy the cheap, good tasting junk food. If we implement this tax , some junk food driven people would go to other countries to buy it! (describe in less detail)
    The tax has not faced the real problem, promotions and advertising. Health campaigns funded by the government were crushed by the junk food marketing. Frito lay itself spend 146 million dollars a year on marketing. The problem of obesity is too complex for just a junk food tax to eliminate it."The bottom line is that the tax isn't going to make anybody healthier, it's not going to make a dent in a problem as complex and serious as obesity, and we're certainly not going to solve the complexities of the health -care system with a tax on soda pop." Kevin W. Keane a worker at the American Beverage Association says. (use quotes in rebuttal, describe in less detail) Also a report from the Tax Policy Center said that nutrition taxes are understudied, so it’s very risky to implement this tax.

Pro
#2
Forfeited
Round 2
Con
#3
Vote con
Pro
#4
Forfeited
Round 3
Con
#5
Vote con
Pro
#6
Forfeited
Round 4
Con
#7
VOTE CON
Pro
#8
Forfeited
Round 5
Con
#9
VOTE CON
Pro
#10
Forfeited