We have survived climate change policies for at least two decades. It’s a model that could be adapted to other public “crises” with a little entrepreneurial creativity and NO GOVERNMENT involvement.
Gene, an interesting analogy in light of the Ontario provincial government making $2.5B in taxes off of total alcohol sales of $7.4B ! How much does that cost at the hospital as over consumption impacts the aging , less that healthy body ?
A staggering level of taxation on any product at any level of government !
I think we have survived the global warming warnings because most of us have ignored them
and continued to buy gasoline. Has he carbon tax reduced fossil fuel consumption by enough to produce a measurable reduction in atmospheric CO2? People who crave sweets will continue to buy them as long as they don't care about the consequences.
That is the mentality that Big Pharma relies upon. People who are not responsible for their own health. Big Pharma has a pill for everything except good health ! Grocery stores are an extension of Big Pharma.
Why would any one grocery store or chain adopt you strategy. It will likely cost them business. Customers who like the taxed product will discover it is available cheaper elsewhere. And the producers (who pay for shelf space) would likely decide to remove their (poorly-selling products) from these stores.
What is more likely to happen is the chains will agree to share this 'tax' with the producers of the sweet stuff.
Gene, an interesting analogy in light of the Ontario provincial government making $2.5B in taxes off of total alcohol sales of $7.4B ! How much does that cost at the hospital as over consumption impacts the aging , less that healthy body ?
A staggering level of taxation on any product at any level of government !
I think we have survived the global warming warnings because most of us have ignored them
and continued to buy gasoline. Has he carbon tax reduced fossil fuel consumption by enough to produce a measurable reduction in atmospheric CO2? People who crave sweets will continue to buy them as long as they don't care about the consequences.
That is the mentality that Big Pharma relies upon. People who are not responsible for their own health. Big Pharma has a pill for everything except good health ! Grocery stores are an extension of Big Pharma.
Why would any one grocery store or chain adopt you strategy. It will likely cost them business. Customers who like the taxed product will discover it is available cheaper elsewhere. And the producers (who pay for shelf space) would likely decide to remove their (poorly-selling products) from these stores.
What is more likely to happen is the chains will agree to share this 'tax' with the producers of the sweet stuff.