906_Ind2_S2

Name:Joanna Duda Part 2

Instructions: Now that you have proven that there is a problem, you must research possible solutions to the problem. You must turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that show possible solutions and why they would work

III. There are many possible solutions to this problem. The possible solutions are: (Two articles must be attached and annotated bibliography)

I think that there are two fair solutions to this problem. One solution is to put a small tax on unhealthy food which would help pay for our health care and help pay for the people that I believe would use the most of our health care money which I believe might be the obese. Since the obesity rate keeps going up and so will the amount of money neeeded for health care. The healthcare spending for patients with weight problem increase by forty billion a year. The second solution to this problem would be to tax the company owners becasue they are out there making money on these people while their customers will keep having weight problems. The company owners would have a tax on the overall amount of money they earned that they would have to provide for the health care.

IV. The solution I (we) propose is: (This section will become your proposed legislation. Be sure to include what agency will implement your law, proposed cost if any and effective date)

I think that increasing the tax on unhealthy food or even just fast food will be very helpful to our nation as a whole. By increasing tax on fast food we would be helping to pay for health care.

V. I (we) think this solution will work because: (You must use factual information to prove your solution will work)

I believe that this solution will work because even a small tax on unhealthy food would be a good idea and a way to fix our health care.

Healy, Melissa. "Tough love for fat people: Tax their food to pay for healthcare." //Los Angeles Times//. N.p., 2011. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. .

This article is about how much the obesity rate is going up in a short time. It also has information on how the fast food tax would help our society get more money for the health care system.

Shepard, Paul. "Why a Fast Food Tax Can Help Us Pay for Health Care." //Black// //Voices//. N.p., 18 June 2009. Web. 17 Feb. 2011. .

This article says that a small tax on fast food tax would be a good thing to do. It also compares alcohol and tobacco users to people who eat fast food regularly.