TPO53Independent Task-Many countries require cigarette smokers to pay particularly high taxes on their purchases of cigarettes; similar taxes are being considered for unhealthy foods. The policy of imposing high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy products has a number of social benefits.
First of all, the taxes discourage people from indulging in unhealthy behaviors. Raising taxes on cigarettes, for instance, leads people to buy fewer of them. Smoking has declined as taxes on tobacco have risen, showing that these taxes do work to make society healthier. It can be expected that imposing similar taxes on unhealthy food and beverages would help reduce obesity rates.
Second, taxes of this kind are financially fair. When people get sick as a result of their smoking or eating unhealthy foods, they create medical costs. It is unfair that everyone in the society, including nonsmokers and people who follow a healthy diet, should contribute equally to covering these costs. Taxing people who engage in unhealthy behaviors creates extra income that can be used to cover the medical costs. In this way, some of the financial burden is shifted from all of society to just those who choose to participate in the unhealthy activities.
Finally, the high rate of taxation on cigarettes significantly increases revenue for the government. In addition to using this tax revenue on medical assistance, governments often use the revenue for other projects that benefit public welfare, such as building stadiums or creating public parks. Even basic government-supported services like public education benefit from these taxes. Thus, the taxes on cigarettes, and the proposed taxes on unhealthy foods, benefit everyone.
Both the reading and the lecture discuss the benefits of government policy to impose high taxes on unhealthy products include cigarettes and junk foods. The author is of the opinion that this policy has advantages for community and provides three reasons for support. On the other hand, the professor asserts that this reasons are unconvincing by challenging each reason.
First the reading claims that taxes stimulate people to have healthier lifestyle. However, the speaker says that this action do not necessarily at all. Owing to the fact that if cigarette tax increases most of smokers buy cheaper one. Therefore, this will be more hazardous for them. Likewise, if unhealthy foods purchasing penalty policies increase, buyers spend more money on them so less money left to buy healthy foods. This policy not only is unpractical, but increase the issues for unhealthy goods buyers.
Second the author states that this taxes are morally accepted because healthy people should not pay the cost of unhealthy people disease that occurred because of unhealthy products. Conversely, the lecturer contends that many people believe that the growth in cigarette tax is unfair too. Owing to the fat that the lower income people do not take in account. People who have the lower payment, could not pay more financial penalties that government add to unhealthy products and it is unfair too. In addition, wealthy buyers still continue using cigarette and junk foods.
Third, the article mentions that the more taxes the more increase in government resources for spending on society healthcare. On the contrary, the professor asserts that this idea has a downside. There is because government will gain million dollars from tax heightened and may not be forced to spend it on society healthcare activities. Moreover may confine more people to not smoke in out doors ,for instance, in order to attain more income from tax.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 203, Rule ID: MOST_SOME_OF_NNS[1]
Message: After 'most of', you should use 'the' ('most of the smokers') or simply say ''most smokers''.
Suggestion: most of the smokers; most smokers
...he fact that if cigarette tax increases most of smokers buy cheaper one. Therefore, this will b...
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Line 7, column 235, Rule ID: NODT_DOZEN[1]
Message: Use simply: 'a million'.
Suggestion: a million
.... There is because government will gain million dollars from tax heightened and may not...
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Line 7, column 339, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Moreover,
...nd it on society healthcare activities. Moreover may confine more people to not smoke in...
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Line 7, column 397, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Put a space after the comma, but not before the comma
Suggestion: ,
...ne more people to not smoke in out doors ,for instance, in order to attain more in...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, first, however, if, likewise, may, moreover, second, so, still, therefore, third, for instance, in addition, on the contrary, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1614.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 310.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.2064516129 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.19604776685 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.52339727727 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535483870968 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 491.4 419.366225166 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.5766280871 49.2860985944 70% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.6666666667 110.228320801 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.2222222222 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.88888888889 7.06452816374 126% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.308796157775 0.272083759551 113% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0925258789665 0.0996497079465 93% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0745360727299 0.0662205650399 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.187618671892 0.162205337803 116% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0430916995573 0.0443174109184 97% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.8541721854 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.64 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.45 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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