Equality and Longevity

In regards to the link, it talks about food rationing in Cuba in which it has positively led to "impressive levels of longevity, and low infant mortality."  This is due to the fact that after 1959 they made it a point to have a socialist and food production system, that can ensure "a level of heavily subsidized food for everyone."  Now seeing that Cuba has been cut off from trade, its highly impressive to see what they have done with their automobiles and food sources.  Regarding America, when we think about all the poverty stricken people who can't afford the food they need to survive, it's only right to consider a different approach called food rationing.  I know this seems like a communistic approach in which everyone is considered equal when it comes to food rationing, but everyone's a beneficiary no matter what financial class you are in.  This will then correlate to having better food products, because the food industry will make better use of their resources to meet the, perhaps, monthly quota of dishing out boxes of food to everyone.  Additionally, fast-food restaurants will lose it's power because there would be no need to go to a McDonald's if the government steps in and feeds everyone equally.  From there it would drastically limit the rise of obesity and starvation, making everyone happy in this win-win situation.  Of course, I'm not saying that this food is absolutely free, so therefore, there should be something of a "National Food Tax" legislated in such a way that is affordable and more than enough for government spending.  As I mentioned before, with the fast-food restaurants decreasing in sales, I'm not completely pro for eliminating them.  After all this is a free country, so I think, inspired by what my friend Javen Pacion mentioned in his post, there should be a junk-food tax.  Then that tax money can go to those who may be so poor, that they can't even afford the "National Food Tax".  The whole purpose is not to take away peoples' freedom, but to ensure our sustainability of our food resources, as well as presenting a healthier and equal alternative that will benefit everyone in the long-run.  -LaVanton Gilmore

www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/24/cubans-food-struggle-rations-consuming-obsession.