Comments on: 345 Responses To Sugar Tax Consultation

By: Y-Gurl

Y-Gurl — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 19:29:59 +0000

How about a fried chicken tax

By: Imjustsaying

Imjustsaying — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:48:14 +0000

People need to wake up, all those who support this tax. Don’t look for government to take care of you. You need to take care of yourself. The government are using this to generate revenue and appease the insurance companies, they don’t have any interest in your health. In the long run it will kill the small mom & pop bakeries. A $3 donut will cost almost double. There are so many foods that contain chemicals (GMO) that are slowly killing you. Foods that have a shelf life of 30 days for example.

By: Imjustsaying

Imjustsaying — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 23:38:50 +0000

Human growth hormone triggers the release of large amounts of free fatty acids into the blood. The free fatty acids, in turn, interfere with the uptake of glucose, or blood sugar, into cells, and the body attempts to compensate by producing more insulin. Insulin aides glucose uptake into cells, but as the body continues to release large amounts of insulin, the cells become resistant to it. Hence the insulin resistance. It’s not just sugar.

By: Pat E

Pat E — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 20:49:20 +0000

Reuben, you are 100% correct. The questions were written in such a way that anyone could slant the results to make it appear that people were in favour. This is a total money grab – nothing else. I listened to Kim Wilson today in the house and I, like you, am not surprised with the “results”. Shame shame shame on the PLP.

By: hillbilly fred

hillbilly fred — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 18:35:02 +0000

how about they tax STUPID,IGNORANCE and HOT AIR for lords sake there is plenty of that around

By: Toodle-oo

Toodle-oo — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:45:18 +0000

With 52% out of 345 respondents claiming to have said ‘yes’ to a question that supposedly wasn’t even on the survey makes this entire ‘consultation process’ have as much legitimacy as the SSM referendum .

Once every month or so I buy a 1lb bag of Demerara sugar for my coffee. I’m on a minimal fixed income and if the price of it goes from $2.89 to $6+ I’m not going to be happy .

All this is is a money grab by a broke government and nothing else .
If it was a bunch of smug,brainless health freaks who were the majority of the ‘yes’ answer I hope you like it when your gym memberships go up $200% because of a VAT/services tax and the duty on your bicycles and workout clothes triples. It’ll come eventually .

By: Miguelito

Miguelito — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:37:43 +0000

No support at all from me.

By: Reuben

Reuben — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:55:18 +0000

I answered the questions and found them to be worded in such a way as it was hard to be negative so these so called results are unsurprising.

By: Cow Polly

Cow Polly — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:11:15 +0000

345 responses does not a majority make. I looked at the questionnaire and nowhere did it say, are you in favour of a sugar tax yes/no.

If the purpose of this sugar tax is to raise money in the Government coffers, fair enough but if it seriously is about health, then the focus should be on diet and exercise not exclusively on sugar. I don’t need Government to penalize me for my sweet tooth when I exercise, go for regular dental checkups and annual doctors visits which reveal my sugar levels are just above the accepted lower range.

By: ImJustSayin

ImJustSayin — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:53:07 +0000

So all the health nuts support the tax. Wait until the cooking oil tax comes. You can’t put all your faith in surveys. We have to be careful in allowing government to become big brother, especially when they start to legislate behavior.

By: aceboy

aceboy — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:00:16 +0000

KFC tax coming? How about a tax on starchy foods? How about a tax on really large people who simply abuse food?