Tue, Nov-20-18, 10:23
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Grease is the word!
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Plan: PSMF/IF
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BF:disappearing!
Progress: 98%
Location: Alamo city, Texas
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Time to put a Tax on meat?
Knew this was coming:
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Slapping taxes on processed meat and red meat could prevent 222,000 deaths and save $41 billion in global health costs every year, according to a new study. If it's a carcinogen, surely it ought to be regulated in some way, because governments have a responsibility to protect their citizens from carcinogens.
In the U.S., the proposed tax would be set at 163 percent on processed meat such as sausages or bacon, and 34 percent on red meat, like steak or ground beef.
Taxing meat "makes a tremendous amount of sense," said Michael Martin, a physician and professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco.
When sugar-sweetened drinks are taxed, he noted, population health improves because people consume less of them. He added, "People have to get used to this idea that red meat is not good for us."
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Another study from the "red meat causes cancer" crowd.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-it-...-a-tax-on-meat/ |