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-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.
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.