shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years agoTony Blair says junk food should be made too expensive for the poor to afford through new sugar and salt taxes to tackle obesityvnexplorer.netexternal-linkmessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down14
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkTony Blair says junk food should be made too expensive for the poor to afford through new sugar and salt taxes to tackle obesityvnexplorer.netshish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-22 years agoBetter also reduce the cost of healthier food, ya knobhead.
minus-squarebutterypowered@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agoI’ve thought that for years. Tax the high sugar/fat/alcohol stuff and use 100% of that tax to subsidise fresh fruit and veg.
minus-squarethrow4w4y5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agothat will just become profit for supermarkets. even if you legislate maximum prices for certain foods, it will still become profit for supermarkets but the quality will be reduced.
Better also reduce the cost of healthier food, ya knobhead.
I’ve thought that for years. Tax the high sugar/fat/alcohol stuff and use 100% of that tax to subsidise fresh fruit and veg.
that will just become profit for supermarkets. even if you legislate maximum prices for certain foods, it will still become profit for supermarkets but the quality will be reduced.