In reply to EeeByGum:
> (In reply to blanchie14c)
> I think even if takeaway food were taxed at 20%, people would still eat it
Yep, agree there, fat knackers will still love the chippy, drinkers will still drink and smokers will still smoke. Perhaps the additional revenue I can build with high fast food VAT, I could fund compulsary food/diet/shopping/cooking classes for those in need/stuck in benifit cycle
>and the folks who tend to live on it are those who can least afford it. You will simply take away even more money from those who have least to give.
This is hard but nessesary - hard up? buy some VAT free food and choose to forego fast food
either way though we need to address VAT on home energy, food is essencial but we have to pay VAT on the gas to cook it? Any ideas on that one?