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Try "healthy food should not be a luxury".
I'm sure McDonalds would be glad to increase their bottom line by increasing the prices on their products, while giving none back to their hard working employees.
Cigarettes are more expensive than ever, yet people keep smoking. You don't fix a problem by beating on its victims.
It’s because of price elasticity, people are going to keep on buying cigarettes even if the price keeps on increasing. If smoking becomes as expensive as renting an apartment or owning a car, that’s when we’re going to see some decrease in cigarette consumption. At the moment, people also complain about electricity and gasoline prices, but I suspect those prices could double without hurting sales that much. Increasing them about 10X would probably cross a line and people would start using those resources as sparingly as possible.
Tobacco use has dropped significantly over the years, while their prices have dramatically risen. Yes there are people who still smoke, but that probably is more attributable to it being a severe addiction than really a choice. Electricity and gasoline are both necessities. The price does continue to go up, and people have no choice but to pay.
Something that would be interesting to look at would be true luxuries; like cable tv, video games, smart phones, etc.
Even though the reasons for buying these products are different, the mechanics are surprisingly similar.
Here’s an example. A nicotine addict has to choose between keeping on smoking or going through the struggles of quitting. Someone driving a car has the choice of keeping the current job, or going through the trouble of finding a job that happens to be within cycling distance. People tend to pick the easier option, even though there are good reasons for going through all the trouble.