Fat tax???

[Morph]

Just seen this on the news. They are concidering putting tax on fatty and salty foods to stop obesity :S

How can they possibly justify it? Why dont they try something a bit more possitive like offering fitness training on NHS.

They really do think we are stupid. Tax isn't a punishment, it is meant to be a necasary part of british civilisation. its turning into a bit of a joke now. if the government said "we havnt got enough money, we need more tax" then fair enough. but raising taxes, or adding taxes, when the money isn't needed is rediculous.

sorry. i needed to let that out.

[Lulu Bennett]

its because they are loosing alot of tax by ppl giving up smoking because of the smoking ban but even ppl quiting are getting better treatment than obese ppl

[Stefan-A]

They've been considering it here as well, but I don't think it has lead anywhere. Yet.

As a big fatass myself, I don't know if it's necessarily a bad thing. The income from that tax would regulate itself according to how big the consumption is, at the same time making sure that everybody is "punished" in relation to how much they contribute to the costs related to the consumption of fatty and salty foods. We tax alcohol and tobacco the same way.

However, there is a bit of hypocrisy in that system, since many problems are essentially self-inflicted in the same sense. There is no stupidity tax.

[Morph]

You just cant tax food. Food is a necasary item therefore it should be tax free.

They will put a tax on breathing next claiming that the CO2 is contributing to global warming.

[Stefan-A]

To some extent, it has gone beyond food and is now bordering on entertainment.


When has a new law ever been better than the one it has replaced?

[adamanteus]

As a big fatass myself,

Hahaha! Nutter!
In the UK, take-away food is already taxed, so I guess it's an extention of that "entertainment" principle. In truth though, it's just another stealth tax. Thin end of the wedge if you ask me.

Tax is ridiculous....I get a petrol allowance from my employers, in the form of a monthy payment based on my mileage. So I pay income tax on my salary, I pay tax on the fuel I buy, then I pay tax on the fuel rebate my employers pay me! It's a joke!

[Elliot]

Just seen this on the news. They are concidering putting tax on fatty and salty foods to stop obesity :S

How can they possibly justify it? Why dont they try something a bit more possitive like offering fitness training on NHS.

They really do think we are stupid. Tax isn't a punishment, it is meant to be a necasary part of british civilisation. its turning into a bit of a joke now. if the government said "we havnt got enough money, we need more tax" then fair enough. but raising taxes, or adding taxes, when the money isn't needed is rediculous.

sorry. i needed to let that out.

It would be funny to see the outrage and protests if they started that here in the US.

[Stefan-A]

Hahaha! Nutter!

Hey, I'm not going to deny either of those facts.

It would be funny to see the outrage and protests if they started that here in the US.

Eh.. I tried to write a decent reply to that, but I couldn't finish a single version. So many jokes, sooo much potential..

[Lulu Bennett]

Eh.. I tried to write a decent reply to that, but I couldn't finish a single version. So many jokes, sooo much potential..

thats why i am keeping quiet on this matter

[Elliot]

Hey, I'm not going to deny either of those facts.



Eh.. I tried to write a decent reply to that, but I couldn't finish a single version. So many jokes, sooo much potential..

Go ahead, both of you, fire away!