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Old 12-03-2009, 10:55   #14
arcamalpha2004
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Re: 'Chocolate tax' to tackle obesity

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Originally Posted by RizzyKing View Post
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 .
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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Originally Posted by harmitage View Post
This is off TOPIC.
Right, sorry, I will get off to good OLD JAMAICA
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