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Introduce a Tax on unhealthy food to subsidise healthy meals for school children

Submitted by Paul Heilbron on Saturday 4th July 2020

Published on Monday 14th September 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 14th March 2021

Signatures: 30

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Children ~ inequality ~ Sugar ~ Tax

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Introduce a Tax on unhealthy food to subsidise healthy meals for school children

Petition Details

Introduce a hypothecated tax onto extremely unhealthy / fast food as a subsidy for healthy meals for school children and moreover society as a whole.

Additional Information

Wealth inequality also exacerbates health inequality in society, the lower socio-economic class are adversely affected from health poverty. Healthy food is often disproportionately expensive compared to high fat, high sugar, unhealthy alternatives. Having less wealth should never solidify bad health.


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