This week, news came out that some people have been avoiding paying their countries’ taxes. Even more surprising, some of the people accused are leaders of their countries.
The tax avoidance may not be illegal, but it doesn’t look good, to say the least.
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Mexico Puts A Tax On Sugary Soft Drinks
The people of Mexico drink more soft drinks than people in any other country in the world.
Last fall, the government of Mexico made a decision to increase the taxes on soft drinks with sugar.
They said that soft drinks help to create health problems like obesity and diabetes. That tax is starting now.
In the past, Mexico has done other things to reduce sugar and fat in schools, like removing unhealthy foods from vending machines.
But some people say this kind of tax to make people healthier doesn’t work.
In 2011 another country, Denmark, put a tax on fatty foods for the same reason: to improve people’s health. But they removed it a year later because it caused more problems than it solved.
Ontario Doctors Call For Strong Action To Help Children Maintain A Healthy Weight
The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) wants the government to put higher taxes on junk food.
Doctors say that higher costs would make it harder for children to buy junk food.
They also want high fat and sugary foods that have little nutritional value, to have more information and even warnings on the packaging.
And they want less junk food advertising, especially targeting children.
These are just three strong actions doctors say will help children eat less junk food, keep their weight at a healthy level and live a longer life.
The Ontario Medical Association said that over the years strong actions like extra taxes and scary pictures on cigarette packages have helped to reduce smoking from 50 per cent, in the 1960s, to as low as 20 per cent in Canada today.
Doctors say this kind of action can help in the same way with junk food.
