llap Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 So the UK gov are to bring in a tax on highly sugared drinks. Other than this being another cash grab from poor people can anyone please explain what the point is please? Because it clearly has absolutely fuck all to do with trying to get people to stop drinking them as they are already planning to spend the money. Apparently the 8p tax increase on a can of Coke will be spent on more sports activities in schools. I'd rather the money get spent better equipping kids to forge a sick note so they can skive gym class. Bloody hated it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 for low income families fresh food and greens are expensive. processed meals are cheaper if the government are serious about cutting obesity/diabetes etc then they would work on putting the prices of fresh food down Absolute rot. I can knock up all manor of delicious healthy home cooked meals with plenty of veg for pennies. You need to have a word with yourself if you are feeding your families bought processed crap because you perceive it to be cheap. Your laziness will make them ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 I heard that shares in the fizzy drinks industries were on the way down from lunch time. How long before businesses start complaining that the tax is impacting them and they have to upsticks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 for low income families fresh food and greens are expensive. processed meals are cheaper if the government are serious about cutting obesity/diabetes etc then they would work on putting the prices of fresh food down Absolute rot. I can knock up all manor of delicious healthy home cooked meals with plenty of veg for pennies. You need to have a word with yourself if you are feeding your families bought processed crap because you perceive it to be cheap. Your laziness will make them ill. Jumping to some conclusions there aren't you? This is my view I think some "good" foods are over priced especially as they go out of date fairly quickly. For the record my family eat very well and we also eat processed food, very fit never ill, it's about balance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 for low income families fresh food and greens are expensive. processed meals are cheaper if the government are serious about cutting obesity/diabetes etc then they would work on putting the prices of fresh food down Absolute rot. I can knock up all manor of delicious healthy home cooked meals with plenty of veg for pennies. You need to have a word with yourself if you are feeding your families bought processed crap because you perceive it to be cheap. Your laziness will make them ill. Jumping to some conclusions there aren't you? This is my view I think some "good" foods are over priced especially as they go out of date fairly quickly. For the record my family eat very well and we also eat processed food, very fit never ill, it's about balance Eating seasonal veg helps. Buying imported veg from one of the Durkas or Bongos is always going to be expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 never ill Like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 for low income families fresh food and greens are expensive. processed meals are cheaper if the government are serious about cutting obesity/diabetes etc then they would work on putting the prices of fresh food down Are you mad? I can make ace food for naff all, couple of spuds, couple of leeks, bit of milk, water, stock cube - lushest leek and tatty soup for less than £2. I wouldn't buy cheap chicken myself but if you're poor (whatever that means, too poor to afford food but you've got a big telly and an iPhone 743? as is) a couple of cheap chicken breasts chopped up, mixed with egg white and cornflour then deep fried are far superior to chicken nuggets, 1 carrot, 1/8 of a cabbage, an onion, bit of honey, bit of soy sauce and packet of 25p noodles similar to a chow mein - yada yada, lasagne, £2.50 tops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxb&b Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 When I were a lad working down pit, we had one hot meal a day, a bowl of steam, and we were thankful for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Why is fruit juice exempt? I heard orange juice described as obesity in a carton. The sugar content is about the same as full fat coke. My problem with fizzy drinks is that it is increasingly difficult to find ones without sweeteners in. I hate the taste of artificial sweetener. They put it in some ciders and in non-diet tonic water - ruins the flavour of a G&T. Nothing wrong with the occasional sweet fizzy drink - problem is when you drink it every day by the bucket load. Perhaps the tax will help this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 When I were a lad working down pit, we had one hot meal a day, a bowl of steam, and we were thankful for it. You were lucky...we had one ounce of lard between 17 of us and we had to lick slugs off the neighbour's lettuce for dessert...aye, but we were 'appy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 lasagne, £2.50 tops. Really? Or did you just mean the top layer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Why is fruit juice exempt? I heard orange juice described as obesity in a carton. The sugar content is about the same as full fat coke. My problem with fizzy drinks is that it is increasingly difficult to find ones without sweeteners in. I hate the taste of artificial sweetener. They put it in some ciders and in non-diet tonic water - ruins the flavour of a G&T. Nothing wrong with the occasional sweet fizzy drink - problem is when you drink it every day by the bucket load. Perhaps the tax will help this. Smoothies are full of it too. Glad I'm a diet coke man personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTaxPayer Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Smoothies are full of it too. You're a bit of a smoothy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Indeed. Are you jealous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I am close to 50, I am slim and exercise regularly, I don't drink drinks with loads of sugar and don't let my slim kids either as I have the common sense to understand that sugar will rot teeth and add empty calories that will make my children unhealthy and fat. But now I have to pay more in tax for the odd luxury, because of the fat fcukwits that have no will power or the common sense to understand that eating sh1t will make them fat and unhealthy and make them a drain on the NHS. It's not rocket science! Well, your alternative instead of paying a little more for the odd luxury is paying quite a bit more to keep the feckers alive on the NHS 20 years later. Prevention better than wasting limited resources on people who've done it to themselves innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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