Re: Fizzy Drinks
Post by akindrat18 » February 21st, 2013, 9:29 am
izzzi wrote:Extra tax on fizzy drinks.
I think this getting a little over the top that we should be paying even more tax on consumer goods.
Why not just get the drinks companies to decrease the amount of sugar they add to their drinks.
I do not think that people will reduce the amount of fizzy drinks they buy when a increase of approx 6% on a 330ml can comes into force.
This is proved when they increased petrol/derv by 5p per litre last week.
The reason I am rather annoyed is because the government is using any gimmick at our expense, to get out of their self inflicted mess.
Roy.
akindrat18 wrote in reply....
Why not pay for a bigger bottle like 2 litres of pepsi max or pepsi diet. I do and it has saved me a lot of money than buying the 330ml cans for 70p - 90p or the 500ml bottles for 1.20 - 1.40, instead I buy the 2 litres for £1 from a bargain booze shop and it lasts me for up to 3 days.
my comment is.....
i am a lone pensioner..borderline diabetic,diet controlled.. if i buy a big bottle of pop of any kind, which i can only drink say 1 glass of a day,or every other day depending on how my body is behaving at any one time, due to acid reflux. among other things. i find half the bottle is wasted .there's nothing worse tasting than flat pop. i do however drink 2-3 glasses of soda water per day which i enjoy,its cheap @49p max per litre bottle and because i drink so much,no waste. and no sugar...........but.........will it,as a fizzy drink, still have this tax put on it????
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Post by modesty007 » February 21st, 2013, 3:24 pm
It should extra tax on all sugary things (chocolate, candy, light products with extra sugar, cereals since most are very sugary, ready made food full of ****), not just soft drinks but fruit juice as well (eat fruit instead) and tax reductions on vegetables and fresh fish and meat. People need to learn to eat real food with out extra sugar.
that's fine if your an otherwise fit young person or have a family..though the costs are going to go through the roof...cereals for instance.... i have to have cereal,with a degenerative bone disease i need milk but have a dairy problem. too so have to restrict how much milk etc i do use.i eat cereal with small amount of milk for my supper. its not enough calcium i know but hopefully i am getting some. i cant eat fruit ,it goes straight through me and i rely on ready meals, as do loads of old people, because of my disabilities. its bad enough when you have a number of conditions all requiring you to eat or not eat certain things, without them costing more on top. at present because of the horse meat scandal i aren't eating as i should at all. and i wont be on my own,i am trying to find things i can put together for meals, that i do like,that aren't red meat. ...chicken.turkey,ham i can eat.but dont require any or much cooking as i cannot stand for long stirring pans, or lift hot pans off hobs or out of ovens... (not pork as in pork chops tho.dont ask why.) bacon is fine too. i am not a salad lover but am eating some a couple of times a week. but its costing me more as i only buy those bowls of it that are ready made up rather than waste most of a lettuce. etc. i do waste things like raw onion,spring onion,radish, etc though as i dislike those intensely.
i really cannot understand why this government are picking,yet again on little things to make money.... and compared to other issues,this is a little thing...(not i hasten to add the lazy, couldn't care less attitude to fizzy drinks when diet ones are ordered) but in what the government are doing when all they really need to do is bring in the mansion tax, make tax avoiders pay up and clamp down on their banker friends.AND STOP PENALISING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES OR OTHER CONDITIONS WHO HAVE THEM THROUGH NO0 FAULT OF THEIR OWN....NO MATTER WHAT STUPID IDS AND HIS ILK SAY. THEY KNOW NOTHING.