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They should also do a sugar tax as well. A full block of chocolate is like $3 for almost 1000 calories.
This is a good idea; one way to look at taxes are market signals.
By subsidizing healthier foods whilst at the same time taxing unhealthy foods; we signal to the market what we want to happen.
In my opinion; this is far better than either outright bans; or the current free-for-all system.
One could easily paint it as social manipulation; but the government engages in this kind of manipulation all the time anyway.