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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I sort of agree: whacking a tax on sugar (and sweetener, let's not have them getting around it by using more and more cancspartame) would surely rake in an absolute fortune. And it's a "fairer" tax than most - if you don't want to pay it, buy fresh ingredients and cook / eat properly. They could also whack a tax on anything that features ingredients with more than four syllables. I'm looking at YOU, monosodium glutamate. And of course, a 50% tax on anything with the word "hydrogenated" in it.
Rake in junk food cash, save the NHS a fortune. A flawless plan.
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junk food and sweets are so cheap now. and if people cant smoke or drink or watch the bbc all they can do is eat and do the bingo lol