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If a family or a person is on a limited budget, they are WAY more likely to make bad food decisions, as unhealthy foods are much cheaper, and easier to find.
You can feed a family of five at a fast food joint for around $20 - you can buy lots of processed food and crap meat (like hot dogs and bologna), plus sugary drinks at the supermarket for five people, for around $20 as well.
If you want natural foods, organic meats and vegetables, fresh fruit, healthy drinks, whole grain breads, etc.... it will be much more difficult (if not impossible) to accomplish for that same $20 budget.
Sure, you can probably live on beans and brown rice for a while, but your variety of food combinations in that price range will be very limited.
Ideally it should cost MORE to eat crap, and LESS to eat healthy.
That should be the challenge we take on. Tax BREAKS for healthy farmers and food producers, and taxes and penalties for those who wish to poison us.
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