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Tony Blair says junk food should be made too expensive for the poor to afford through new sugar and salt taxes to tackle obesity(vnexplorer.net)

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Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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Why is every politicians answer to everything “make the poor pay more money!”?

If I go buy the ingredients to make cheeseburgers for my family nowadays, out will cost just as much as if I went to burger king to buy them. The so called junk food is many times the cheapest option. These fucks just want to kill off the poor with taxes

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Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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Yeah but you’re missing the point. It costs the same, and I’m wrecked from work and don’t have time or energy to cook, so I’ll take the fast food every time

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How is BK cheaper, they are so expensive? It’s like 5.99 for a whopper. Or is this something like feeding your family the 280 calories saver burger which is £1.50?

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