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Tax the things that have an associated social cost, like fast/low nutrition food.
by dpweb 12y ago
Tax the things that have an associated social cost, like fast/low nutrition food.
- jotm 12y agoPlease reconsider that in light of the fact that the tax is government income: they will categorize everything they can - even some vegetables and fruits, I bet - as low nutrition food and fast food.
- delecti 12y agoAt the same time, you don't want to tax things that are disproportionately consumed by the poorer members of society.
- spyder 12y agoThis already exists in Hungary: http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2011/06/22/hungary-to-tax-foods-it-thinks-unhealthy/ http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/2011/06/22/hungary-to-ta...