'Chocolate tax' to tackle obesity
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7938282.stm

Oh yes this is bound to work because of course it worked so well with tobacco and alcohol.:rolleyes:

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woohooo what a wonderful idea this is going to be... I think this is a way for the gov to get more income.

whats next tax on the air we breathe?

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Doc if they could think of a way to do it they would tax us to breath such is the mentality of some people these days. I am not surprised by this and i am becoming more and more aware of how gp's are getting into the political arena with their "health" suggestions. I suppose they have to come up with ways for the government to keep raking in the cash to make such nice salary agreements for these gp's some of whom obviously have time enough to worry about such things on their 100k a year earnings. Such a shame despite them being so well paid i can never get to see mine very often as he is either on a course or on holiday a good 60% of the year :mad:.

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I dont know about scotland but in england chocolate and sweets got taxed a good few years back, thats why you pay as much as you do for them now, did you not notice one day you were paying 20p for a mars bar then it suddenly went up to 35p.

I remember the uproar well as it was called taxing the kids.

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Would rather give up chocolate than cheese & friends I have who are similarly overweight generally eat more savoury stuff anyway. :dozey:

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I think chocolate is already expensive enough!!

Most places are 40-50p for Wispas, Mars bars and everything else!

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You would have thought by now someone would have came up with a better proposal than to continually tax those things that make the nation less healthy.

The tax is raised for people who can indulge in moderation too, so why should they be punished.

If tax on top of tax with added tax is really such a viable solution to all things that are perceived to be bad for you, why don't the authorites legalise all drugs and then tax them to the hilt. :confused: The present approach certainly isn't working.

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Instead of taxing what is bad how about subsidising what is good i find that the bad stuff is cheaper then the good lol. We really have to get out of this mentality in this country that by taxing something you solve a problem it has never worked and never will. If you really want things to change then education and the incentives to change are far more effective but of course they don't bring as much revenue in do they :rolleyes:.

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Nice to see the lunatics are still alive and coming up with fresh stupidity.

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We in the UK are equal oppurtunities and lunatics have rights you know :D.

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This doctor must come from MARS, for suggesting TAX ( I ) on our bars, I suggest the idea to bolster the governments BOUNTY be buried under a big ROWN-TREE !;)

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I reckon we could do a lot worse than taxing crappy ideas... :D

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This is off TOPIC. :Sprint:

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Got to say I agree there, lets have 5p apples, 5p bananas, 5p pears, all fruit and veg 5p.
These fatcat superstores can subsidise cheap alcohol why cant they do the same on fruit and veg?
They would pay the suppliers what they pay now but would subsidise the cost themselves, lets see how serious the big companies are about looking after its customers.

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Right, sorry, I will get off to good OLD JAMAICA :D

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And you could claim a rebate if it was only a bit crappy.;)

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:rolo: oooppss I meant :rofl: :)

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OK. I'll get these out my system. :angel:

I’m gonna wispa this;
This forum consists of whole nuts full of hot aero acting like smarties. You should smell the roses, take a time out, don’t fudge the issues by acting like heroes. Don’t be a drifter, be a matchmaker and go for a picnic so that you don’t get the munchies.

I’ll get my coat. :Sprint:

{feeling peckish now}

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Its a great money making idea if you think about it, they have already shut swimming pools lesuire centers and built houses/factorys on your local fields, now the armchair nation they created that has nowhere much to go, lets tax all the food and sweet stuff and make a killing.

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You've set Nugget a very high challenge!

*activates the Nugg-sign....

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Actually it does work with tobacco and alcohol. Or at least it does with alcohol. Alcohol costs less in real terms now than it did 50 years ago and there's a neat correlation between alcohol consumption rising and its price falling.

BBC news had an item on the alcohol issue the other week - with regard to alcohol tax proposals by the Scottish government - and displayed a graph. Unfortunately this was the TV news, so I don't know if I can find a linkable version.

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Right, get your coat, start running and don't look back. Because I'm putting a bounty on your head.

:D

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Don't worry - he's obviously lion. Bar the occasional allowance, only I'm allowed to pun horrendously - someone's obviously got hi snickers in a twist

:)

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I thought I'd cause a ripple but at least you didn't take a flake-y and act like a fruit and nut.

I know you're the pun champ and I know I walnut whip you. (groan). Still I can dream and boost my self confidence.

{I'll get my coat again, this time I'll do up the buttons and twirl out onto the first double decker so don't blow a fuse.). :o:

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Which planets is this doctor from, and in which galaxy is it in? It's certainly not part of the milky way.

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Love all the choclate posts!!

Of course we all know who is responable for giving their children chocolate bars.........the parents!

If they do not buy them and feed them to their kids, there will not be a problem of child obesity and early onset on diabetes.

A LITTLE of what you fancy does you good........not a lot!

I am amazed at the ammount of radio and television time this Doctors opinions have been given today actually.
It must be a quiet news day??

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This isn't to tackle obesity. it's to take advantage of obesity.

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All's this thread has succeeded in is making me want chocolate! I've now got a Twirl on my desk - should i?.......... :confused:

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Depends on what you're planning on doing with it :erm:

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Lol!! I'm not quite sure what you were thinking but now I'm going to eat it :D

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Yes.
do it nice and slow though.

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with a cup of coffee. :drool:

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Ooh err! Nice and slow - are you Mr L_M in disguise :confused: ;)

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Who is this Mr L-M???
Is he the naughty boy on here???:D

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Mr Love Monkey survives on innuendo. :)

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You'll know him when you meet him, believe me ;)

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No, I'm just that tiger you never had.

back on topic. are you full up now?

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Is that so? :spin:

Yes, I think i'll cope til teatime ;)

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I swear it reminds me of a children's tv drama where chocolate was banned.. and there were chocolate 'pushers' being arrested and children picked up for possession...:rolleyes:

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if it hasn't already been said, I suggest chocolate is banned from public places such as pubs and restaurants.

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Yes, I hate it when you go to the pub at night and the place is full of chocolate munchers. When you come home all your clothes smell of chocolate. :)

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Some of them walk around with some of it still smeared around their mouths, licking their lips and fingers wanting more of the stuff!

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Sounds good to me...............

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Sounds good to me too.

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I going to have to break some bad news to someone.

she sent me a text asking me to whip her while she eats a mars bar. I'm going to have to call it all off.

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Never mind, it might have been a Marathon ;)

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Indeed, I was waiting for a release of a story that a laptop with everyones details on has gone missing, I can see the logic, release the chocolate story first then when everyone is high as a kit kat on their fav munchie snicker out the laptop news, looks like the one who was meant to release the bad news in home with a mars bar right now.

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Mariane faithful ? :D