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9 euro for a beer is downright criminal - most likely your government is taxing alcohol because they don't trust your personal judgement. The UK also heavily t
by jokethrowaway 5y ago
9 euro for a beer is downright criminal - most likely your government is taxing alcohol because they don't trust your personal judgement.
The UK also heavily taxes alcohol but you'll find cheap beers (sure, some London pubs will still charge you 5£ or more for some beers).
- MagnumOpus 5y agoIt’s a difference in attitude and thus a difference in magnitude. Alcohol tax in Norway is about $100 a litre while in the UK it is about $25 a litre - so $2 per US pint vs $0.50 per pint. Even the latter reduces hard core binge drinking and the former really seems to help with the rampant alcoholism in winter at high latitudes. Paternalistic, but that is the price of living in a society (with free healthcare systems and A&E that get overtaxed by drunks…)