Recently in class we have been writing an argument to present to the class .It has to be persuasive and interesting , we chose the topic we could do it about but had to be sensible and also inbetween 2-3 minutes long.

Enjoy!

Sugar tax

Try to think of all the harmful problems sugar causes ,dental issues, obesity ,diabetes and simply living happily

Think of a world where everyone around you is healthy and happy ,Including yourself ,wouldn’t that be perfect?

However it would take a miracle to get everyone to live that way ,luckily there is hope ,thanks to the sugar tax if every country in the world participated in making sugar filled drinks and foods more expensive, than all the problems caused by sugar would be solved.

Tell me ,how many people have told you “sugar is bad for you!don’t eat it” well they're not wrong and the thing is you know it’s bad for you ,so then why are you eating it?.Well it’s because sugar is actually more addictive than cocaine !not only that but also when you have sugar a chemical in your brain called dopamine which goes into your Nucleus Accumbens therefore making you go hyper and happy and part of the process of getting you addicted to the wicked sweets with a tragic ending .

Already a few countries have introduced the sugar tax such as,Denmark , Mexico ,Norway ,South Africa and the United Kingdom .So by now you’re probably thinking well ,what stopping us from solving all our problems ?

Well it’s due to the fact that some of new zealand’s parliament member (such as peter dunne) don’t believe that the sugar tax is necessary ,But the question is ,Why is Peter Dunne against the sugar tax ?

Peter Dunne is actually against the sugar tax because he believes that “it will do nothing because people don't know how bad the sugar really is and children need to learn to brush their teeth and care for themselves”.

But that’s the thing even if children brush their teeth as they’re meant to … nothing will change!,because no matter how much you brush your teeth ,people will still be eating the same amount of sugar .

Sugar causing the world so many problems ,dental ,living happily ,obesity and diabetes ,is this wicked sweet tooth causing us so much pain worldwide ,so ask yourself this question if you had one opportunity to stop a worldwide problem ,why wouldn’t you?

And I hope that someday the sugar tax shall be introduced worldwide

Jill