Olap@lemmy.worldM to Scotland @lemmy.world · 2 months agoMinimum alcohol pricing rises in Scotland by 30%news.stv.tvexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1external-linkMinimum alcohol pricing rises in Scotland by 30%news.stv.tvOlap@lemmy.worldM to Scotland @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
£1.30 for a pint tinnie of Tennents. Have definitely had Williams’ Joker for close to that in the recent past too
minus-squareadam_y@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoI can’t help but feel this is another form of disproportionate tax. Minimum prices hit the poorest hardest. I think behind it is an insidious idea that the working class are alcoholics whereas the middle classes are drinking responsibly. Deaths attributed to alcohol can be seen through the lens of alcohol + poverty, rather than alcohol in isolation. So this is really treating a symptom, not a cause.
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoThe tax should be proportionate to the cost of the bottle. Bleed em dry with every bottle of Château Lafite Rothschild 1869.
minus-squareOlap@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThe SG tried hard to get tax from WM control on this. They couldn’t and hence MUP was the next best, which they still had to have legally challenged. What’s that sound? The sound on the wind of Alex Salmond saying “I told you so…”
I can’t help but feel this is another form of disproportionate tax. Minimum prices hit the poorest hardest.
I think behind it is an insidious idea that the working class are alcoholics whereas the middle classes are drinking responsibly.
Deaths attributed to alcohol can be seen through the lens of alcohol + poverty, rather than alcohol in isolation.
So this is really treating a symptom, not a cause.
The tax should be proportionate to the cost of the bottle. Bleed em dry with every bottle of Château Lafite Rothschild 1869.
See, that’s progressive.
The SG tried hard to get tax from WM control on this. They couldn’t and hence MUP was the next best, which they still had to have legally challenged.
What’s that sound? The sound on the wind of Alex Salmond saying “I told you so…”