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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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noodle@feddit.uk
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I think this would be more effective than a lot of us lefties would like to admit. “Healthy” food is already affordable, people just don’t want to eat it when there are other options.

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noodle@feddit.uk
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It’s not a tax on poor people, its a tax on unhealthy food, which you’ll be surprised to find out that everyone eats regardless of economic class.

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wewbull@feddit.uk
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Tony Blair: Well if they have no bread, let them eat cake.

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Wage_slave@lemmy.ml
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Sounds like someone needs a reminder to have his fucking cake cake and shit the fuck up up while eating it too or else it’s going to be shoved up his ass.

Rich fuck.

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boatsnhos931@lemmy.world
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LONDON CHEETO PARTY FAM

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donutaud15@lemmy.world
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How about we take these fuckers champagne and shove it up where the sun don’t shine?! Seriously how dare they think of more ways to starve people?! Surely if he gives a damn then he should tackle the fact people are struggling to eat and live rather than worry about some so called obesity crisis?!

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