shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 10 months 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-square50fedilinkarrow-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 · 10 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squarenoodle@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·10 months agoI think this would be more effective than a lot of us lefties would like to admit. “Healthy” food is already affordable, people just don’t want to eat it when there are other options.
minus-squarenoodle@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIt’s not a tax on poor people, its a tax on unhealthy food, which you’ll be surprised to find out that everyone eats regardless of economic class.
I think this would be more effective than a lot of us lefties would like to admit. “Healthy” food is already affordable, people just don’t want to eat it when there are other options.
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It’s not a tax on poor people, its a tax on unhealthy food, which you’ll be surprised to find out that everyone eats regardless of economic class.