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含糖软饮料也要征税了？关于近来新开发的各种税的一点思考

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对含糖软饮料征税给公共卫生及经济带来的好处。

Published at www.nejm.org September 16, 2009 (10.1056/NEJMhpr0905723)

The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., Thomas Farley, M.D., M.P.H., Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Barry M. Popkin, Ph.D., Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D., Joseph W. Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., and David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.

The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages has been linked to risks for obesity, diabetes, and heart disease1,2,3; therefore, a compelling case can be made for the need for reduced consumption of these beverages. Sugar-sweetened beverages are beverages that contain added, naturally derived caloric sweeteners such as sucrose (table sugar), high-fructose corn syrup, or fruit-juice concentrates, all of which have similar metabolic effects.

Taxation has been proposed as a means of reducing the intake of these beverages and thereby lowering health care costs, as well as a means of generating revenue that governments can use for health programs.4,5,6,7 Currently, 33 states have sales taxes on soft drinks (mean tax rate, 5.2%), but the taxes are too small to affect consumption and the revenues are not earmarked for programs related to health. This article examines trends in the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, evidence linking these beverages to adverse health outcomes, and approaches to designing a tax system that could promote good nutrition and help the nation recover health care costs associated with the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.

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本人学医，经常去NEJM逛逛,今天居然看到这样一条。生化上讲，糖（碳水化合物）、蛋白质、脂肪是人体的三大营养来源。对这些摄入的调节应该靠机体自身来进行，怎么可以通过税收来减少消耗，那以后是不是可以征收一个高蛋白（鱼、蛋）、高脂食品税？

加上前阵子的碳排放税、环保税等等更是想不通。吸入氧气、排出二氧化碳，这是机体正常活动的正常生理过程。人类的正常觅食、生存、死亡等过程，不可避免的要对环境产生影响，而这个过程的正负反馈调节一直存在那儿。征收这些税究竟是想让交不起税的像龟一样天天趴着，还是为了养活某些利益集团？

这些研究的后面，究竟其动机是什么？是什么样的组织和个人会推动对含糖饮料来征税？

感觉某些统治集团在取消旧税的同时，在开发一些新的税种，来养活一些寄生集团。

没研究过无政府主义，但是有时也会思考这个问题，但是很难想得通。