Kayan Abinci 4 da muke son Ganin Haraji Bayan Soda

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Zaben tsakiyar tsakiyar na jiya ya kasance babban abu ga masana'antar abinci da aikin gona-tare da kuri'u akan GMOs, tambarin abinci, da harajin soda a jihohi da dama. Babban sakamakon mai canza wasa? Berkeley, CA ta kada kuri'ar amincewa da harajin kashi daya bisa dari kan soda da sauran abubuwan sha masu dauke da sukari. Matakin ya wuce kashi 75 cikin dari. Kodayake an zaɓi irin wannan harajin soda a makwabciyar San Francisco, nasarar da aka samu a Berkeley yana da mahimmanci ga masu ba da shawara kan kiwon lafiya, musamman ganin cewa kusan ɗaya cikin biyar na Amurkawa suna shan soda aƙalla sau ɗaya a rana, a cewar wani binciken da aka yi a baya. Rahoton Ciwon Kai da Mutuwar Mako -mako. (Soda ba shine kawai mai laifin kishirwa ba. Dubi me kuma ya sanya jerin Munanan abubuwan sha don Jikin ku.)

Mun yi imani splurge a kan abincin da kuka fi so ba-mai-kyau-ga-ku-da-kai kowane lokaci ba yana da kyau. Amma muddin 'yan majalisa suna ba da shawarar "harajin mai" (yep, wannan abu ne na gaske), ga wasu ƙarin guda huɗu da muke so mu gani a ƙuri'ar zaɓe mai zuwa.

1. Donuts. Yi magana game da bama-bamai mai mai da sukari. Muna son donuts, amma sun yi haka arha (wanda ya sa su ma ba za a iya kauce musu ba). Muna tunanin watakila haraji $20 a kowace donut zai iya yin abin zamba kuma ya taimake mu mu guje wa rashin safiya.

2. Abincin kayan marmari. Duk da yake mafi yawan alewa kamar sandunan cakulan da gummy bears ana biyan haraji a kantin kayan abinci, abin da ake kira '''ya'yan itace'' '''ya'yan itace'' '''ya'yan itace'' irin su Fruit Roll-Ups da Fruit Gushers ba, duk da cewa sun ƙunshi kusan babu 'ya'yan itace na gaske kuma suna shirya wani wuri kusa da gram 40. sugar!

3. Duk alewa. Wataƙila kuna tunanin kun san menene alewa, daidai ne? Kit Ka? Duba. Milky Way? Duba. Twizzlers? Duba. Amma a cewar Ma'aikatar Revnue ta Washington, a zahiri ba a ɗaukar waɗannan abincin alewa, sabili da haka ba a biyan haraji, saboda duk sun ƙunshi gari. Ew. (Wasu alewa da ake biyan haraji: sandunan Hershey, Starbursts, da Peppermint Patties.)

4. Iyalin "ito". Abun ciye -ciye kamar kwakwalwan dankalin turawa, pretzels, da kwakwalwan masara duk an kebe su daga haraji, kodayake sun ƙunshi ƙima mai ƙima. Muna yin hasashen za ku kasance da ƙarancin ƙima tafiya saukar da hanyar cin abinci idan kwakwalwan kwakwalwar ku sun kasance ƙarin cents 50.

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