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<blockquote data-quote="Alan S" data-source="post: 1099265" data-attributes="member: 3574"><p>G'day folks. Unfortunately I only have time to drop in rarely these days. This tax caused me to make the time, mainly because I am concerned our own politicians, always seeking extra revenue, may follow suit. I wrote this back in 2012 when there were suggestions it may happen here: <a href="http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/taxes-for-our-own-good.html" target="_blank">Taxes For Our Own Good</a></p><p></p><p>In brief, taxes of this sort never do more than raise revenue. They have a minimal effect, if any, on public health. Despite that our government in Oz is now considering taxing cigarettes to be over $40 (£20) a pack. That will do nothing for lung cancer but will be a boon for government revenue - and cigs smugglers. </p><p></p><p>At least your mob are only targetting sugared soft drinks at the moment. Once they see the money rolling in a tax on 'bad' fats will not be far behind.</p><p></p><p>In that post I mention the Danish fat tax. Later I was pleased to see that their politicians had the good sense to reverse that: <a href="http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/the-fat-tax-dare-i-say-i-told-them-so.html" target="_blank">The Fat Tax: Dare I say I Told Them So?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alan S, post: 1099265, member: 3574"] G'day folks. Unfortunately I only have time to drop in rarely these days. This tax caused me to make the time, mainly because I am concerned our own politicians, always seeking extra revenue, may follow suit. I wrote this back in 2012 when there were suggestions it may happen here: [URL='http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/taxes-for-our-own-good.html']Taxes For Our Own Good[/URL] In brief, taxes of this sort never do more than raise revenue. They have a minimal effect, if any, on public health. Despite that our government in Oz is now considering taxing cigarettes to be over $40 (£20) a pack. That will do nothing for lung cancer but will be a boon for government revenue - and cigs smugglers. At least your mob are only targetting sugared soft drinks at the moment. Once they see the money rolling in a tax on 'bad' fats will not be far behind. In that post I mention the Danish fat tax. Later I was pleased to see that their politicians had the good sense to reverse that: [URL='http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/the-fat-tax-dare-i-say-i-told-them-so.html']The Fat Tax: Dare I say I Told Them So?[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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