shish_mish@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year 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-square52fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squarenoodle@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year 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-squarerobo@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSalt doesn’t make people fat, and taxing poor people isn’t the only way to nudge behaviors.
minus-squarenoodle@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
Salt doesn’t make people fat, and taxing poor people isn’t the only way to nudge behaviors.
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.