Quote: (01-17-2012 08:54 PM)bface Wrote:
basil, one of the biggest issue in America is the corn syrup I think. I think this is because sugar is too expensive (import tax) so most of American food uses corn syrup instead of sugar.
Libertarianism would get rid of that issue. I don't know how it is with soy though. But regulations are not a good thing in my book.
Actually, that's the latest example. Corn syrup is not much different from good old table sugar. Corn syrup is 55% fructose, table sugar is 50% fructose, with the balance being glucose. Michael Pollan says the same thing. One is probably little worse than the other.
Under a libertarian regime, table sugar would be cheaper and corn syrup more expensive. We'd still be getting fat because we'd still be eating obscene amounts of sugar, specifically fructose. It's just an economic reality that the cheapest foods aren't always the healthiest, even if government intervention is minimal. The only viable solution I see is an added sugar tax.