The author laments about how America is a society that prefers to break things and then fix them later, the opposite of which should be to prevent things from breaking in the first place.<p>Ironic, considering that his solution to obesity is to tax unhealthy foods, which sounds very much like a bandaid solution to fix something that's already broken.<p>Why not suggest things to actually prevent obesity in the first place? Like fitness awareness campaigns bought to schools, health food awareness campaigns in corporate settings and so on, just to toss a few ideas up.