Alcohol duty is progressive. Why is everyone blithely asserting a sugar tax would be regressive?http://waitingfortax.com/2015/10/21/some-tentative-thoughts-on-a-sugar-tax/ …
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Replying to @JolyonMaugham
@JolyonMaugham because the middle classes only eat kale, avocado and other superfoods? And Green & Blacks doesn't really count?1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Replying to @JolyonMaugham
@JolyonMaugham@sarahwprior Alcohol tax not a tax on C2H6O but on 'wine' etc.. tho whereas sugar tax (presumably) would be tax on C12H22O11?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater
@MForstater@JolyonMaugham@sarahwprior Why? Good sugar and bad sugar. Fizzy drink not comparable to e.g. fruit cake for nutritional value.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AislingTax
@AislingTax@MForstater@sarahwprior alcohol tax is a tax on alcohol by volume - bears no relationship to price.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @JolyonMaugham
@JolyonMaugham@AislingTax@sarahwprior - ah ok. got it. just reading the comments1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater
@JolyonMaugham@AislingTax@sarahwprior - off to make myself Kale smoothie.... ;)2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @MForstater
@AislingTax@sarahwprior@JolyonMaugham I guess main shift wld be betwn diet & sugar sodas. Simpler to move 0 cal drinks to 0 rating 4 VAT?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MForstater
@MForstater@sarahwprior@JolyonMaugham Can't move things to zero rated that weren't zero rated in 1991. Only to reduced rate of 5%1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@AislingTax @sarahwprior @JolyonMaugham Ah! Was thinking about design 4 behavior change - 'pigovian' like carbon or 'nudge' like bags
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