tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post4292749412716116714..comments2023-10-17T15:56:22.827+01:00Comments on Velvet Glove, Iron Fist: What effect will a fat tax have?Christopher Snowdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-17501084471844586072011-12-28T11:19:36.834+00:002011-12-28T11:19:36.834+00:00"according to new research by international e..."according to new research by international experts"<br /><br />Wow! Here's a local CEO of a water company jumping on the bandwagon.<br /><br />Tony Falkenstein: Sugar tax best way to fight obesity<br /><br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10775349<br /><br />By the way, it's rare for the NZHerald to allow comments - only on selected editorials, and some opinion pieces.<br /><br />Never on rabidly anti-smoking press releases, or any news-by-press-release, unlike some other media outlets in NZ, but the some few smoking-related editorials and opinion pieces do - and like some of those, this one's gathered quite a few comments rather quickly!<br /><br />Sigh... so many assertions in the original article to be challenged...<br /><br />Have a go...<br /><br />(while I think of what to write, myself! ;-))<br /><br />~ RossAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-10891218590637400652011-12-28T09:21:45.048+00:002011-12-28T09:21:45.048+00:00Is it just because it's that time of year? You...Is it just because it's that time of year? You know, New Year's etc, and extra big wagging finger time.<br /><br />A number of commenters have already linked to Cameron's liking for a minimum unit alcohol price, and over at the BBC:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16342906<br /><br />"The government is reminding supermarket retailers in England to remove tobacco displays within the next 100 days."<br /><br />Just remember: Kraft durch Freudeftumchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-73084365734940764402011-12-27T22:37:34.198+00:002011-12-27T22:37:34.198+00:00How are they going to face up to my daily green to...How are they going to face up to my daily green top? That's real green top, not that semi skimmed witch piss in the plastic bottle.George Spellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566990991084867385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-59142066150654984212011-12-27T21:26:18.055+00:002011-12-27T21:26:18.055+00:00358/3600 = 1/10th of a pound per year.
If per cap...358/3600 = 1/10th of a pound per year.<br /><br />If per capita consumption was 1 pint per day and each pint cost $1(USA), a 10% tax is 10 cents per day or $36.50 per year.<br /><br />One pound of fat lost will cost the consumers about $365(US).<br /><br />If my fat is worth $365 per pound, I would prefer not to lose so much of an investment!! :)<br /><br />Gary K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-60179213726727667532011-12-27T20:56:13.590+00:002011-12-27T20:56:13.590+00:00Spoilsport!
I thought it fitted quite well..Spoilsport!<br /><br />I thought it fitted quite well..PJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331948749785269728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-27957478452468135222011-12-27T20:47:53.781+00:002011-12-27T20:47:53.781+00:00Ha! Corrected. Thanks!Ha! Corrected. Thanks!Christopher Snowdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15963753745009712865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-91464870350817460242011-12-27T20:06:31.300+00:002011-12-27T20:06:31.300+00:00"If this is semi-skilled..."
Freudian, ..."<i>If this is semi-skilled...</i>"<br /><br />Freudian, but pertanant, slip describing the people who come up with this cock-waffle? Or deliberate?<br /><br />Your audience shouldn't be kept in the dark on this one...<br /><br />;)PJHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331948749785269728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-72041008315757569462011-12-27T18:18:35.513+00:002011-12-27T18:18:35.513+00:00The template has been wheeled out again! Lots of c...The template has been wheeled out again! Lots of comments in support by quack professors; need for more research; other countries; French children; the overall effect; NHS costs and so on. The only thing that surprises me about the article is that they haven't estimated the thousands of tons of fat which would be shed by all fatties! <br /><br />They seem to me to by trying to establish a principle - State interference in what we eat and drink. The details don't really matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-92207574524254998612011-12-27T16:51:49.649+00:002011-12-27T16:51:49.649+00:00Well it takes 3600 calories to make a pound of wei...Well it takes 3600 calories to make a pound of weight on a person!<br /><br />There is no weight loss benefit in the tax,only a sugar blackmarket!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585028625507474093.post-64648012287065276102011-12-27T16:26:23.143+00:002011-12-27T16:26:23.143+00:00And wouldn't it just tend to lead to a switch ...And wouldn't it just tend to lead to a switch to consuming "diet" fizzy drinks, which supposedly are bad for you in other ways?Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com