Rejection of sugar tax is based on faulty logic about the poor
Cioe' i poveri, e solo i poveri, non sanno che nutrirsi di sole barrette di cioccolato e birra fa male e quindi dobbiamo venire noi comunisti di Egalia e imporgli il nostro regime alimentare a suon di tasse pigouviane.Now David Cameron has personally vetoed the tax on the basis that it would disproportionately impact the poorest families. He seems to have misunderstood that this is a major strength of the policy.
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The poor are much more likely to have unhealthy diets and experience ill health than the rich. This leads to higher costs in the form of prescription co-payments, over the counter medications, travel to appointments and days off work for the self-employed. The inverse care law suggests those who need a health service most use it the least, and vice versa. As a result the poor are more likely to ignore existing health advice than the affluent who often already lead relatively healthy lives.