#1 Steuern, Steuern, Steuern - jetzt noch für andere Genüsse
Verfasst: 27. Aug 2009 16:41
Ich finde, dass die neuste Idee ein eigenes Thema verdient.
Sicherheitshalber der ganze Artikel:Sapmi hat geschrieben:Süßigkeitensteuer?
http://www.sikunews.com/art.html?catid=11&artid=6868
Hab heute schon bei der YLE-Umfrage zum Thema dagegen gestimmt.
aus: sikunewsFinland lifted its confectionery tax a decade ago. Now the government has decided to reinstate the tax on candies and soft drinks next year.
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen says this will bring an estimated 100 million euros into state coffers.
Pekka Puska, the director of the National Institute for Health and Welfare, says he welcomes the government’s decision, comparing the tax on sweets to the ones on alcohol and tobacco.
According to researcher Kirsi Pietiläinen, studies indicate that prices do affect consumption. She says even knowledgeable people choose easy and cheap foods over expensive, healthy ones.
Pietiläinen says nowadays Finns are quite savvy when it comes to fat consumption. However weight gain in young women and children is often due to too much sugar.