Tony Blair says junk food should be made too expensive for the poor to afford through new sugar and salt taxes to tackle obesity

shish_mish@lemmy.world · 2 年前

Tony Blair says junk food should be made too expensive for the poor to afford through new sugar and salt taxes to tackle obesity

butterypowered@feddit.uk · 2 年前

I’ve thought that for years. Tax the high sugar/fat/alcohol stuff and use 100% of that tax to subsidise fresh fruit and veg.

throw4w4y5@sh.itjust.works · 2 年前

that will just become profit for supermarkets. even if you legislate maximum prices for certain foods, it will still become profit for supermarkets but the quality will be reduced.