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Create a two teir tax system for alcohol, whereby those that have been proven to abuse it must pay more

Submitted on Thursday 18th April 2013

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

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Create a two teir tax system for alcohol, whereby those that have been proven to abuse it must pay more

Additional Information

Taxing alcohol benefits society hugely. It alters the consumption of alcohol, which does have huge negative externalities when consumed irresponsibly, from where it would be without tax to closer to the socially acceptable level.

The problem with doing this is that it's unfair on those that DO NOT ABUSE OR ALLOW THE ABUSE OF ALCOHOL. Those of us that drink responsibly with friends are heavily penalised, as are other stakeholders.

Pubs and quality alcohol retailers, many of whom are based in the UK and provide skilled and often traditional jobs, are UNFAIRLY AFFECTED because a small group of people abuse alcohol.

To impose a two tier tax on alcohol, whereby those who had committed public order offences or caused consistent problems to the NHS would be TAXED MORE THAN THE AVERAGE RESPONSIBLE PERSON.

This could easily be done by issuing an ID like card to those who have NOT ABUSED ALCOHOL ENTITLING THEM TO PAY A LOWER RATE OF TA THAN THOSE WHO HADN'T.


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