No. Every 10% rise in tobacco tax has resulted in 4% increase in sales of black-market fags. But: define "work" in this context. @JuliaHB1
@th3Derek that is your inference, not mine. Fizzy drinks are a luxury. If so poor, buy necessities before luxuries, surely?
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@JuliaHB1 Trust me, they do. -
@th3Derek yes, I know they do. And they shouldn't. when I was a child, we couldn't afford luxuries like fizzy drinks -
@JuliaHB1 No: they DO buy essentials, not luxuries. Christ, they can't afford anything but essentials. -
@JuliaHB1 For those of us with disposable income, it's genuinely embarrasing. -
@JuliaHB1 BUT: Who are you (or me) to tell anyone what they should or shouldn't want or buy? -
@th3Derek sorry for my tardy reply! The state tells people what they should or shouldn't buy all the time through taxes. For the common good -
@JuliaHB1 No worries; it had got very late. Just because the state spins regressive taxes as "for the greater good" doesn't make it right.
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