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Taf · 02-01-2010, 11:59

It sounds like a media-based preamble to higher taxes on alcohol "for our own good".

I saw figures recently that said alcohol costs the NHS £2billion, whilst HMRC gets £8billion from alcohol sales.

So just transfer £2billion from HMRC to the NHS and it's all sorted... simples!

02-01-2010, 11:59	#16
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 69 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,349	Re: Charging drunks that abuse the NHS It sounds like a media-based preamble to higher taxes on alcohol "for our own good". I saw figures recently that said alcohol costs the NHS £2billion, whilst HMRC gets £8billion from alcohol sales. So just transfer £2billion from HMRC to the NHS and it's all sorted... simples!