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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[-] tal@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

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

You're on an island surrounded by salt water, Tony. If people want salt, they're gonna get salt.

this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2023

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