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Originally posted by bellcurve ↑

Seems there is some pretty mixed up thinking about this.

Is it not the case that without a sugar tax now, the overall cost of addressing problems arising from excess sugar consumption such as type 2 diabetes is borne by the general population through general taxation?

At least with a sugar tax, a greater share of the costs will be borne by the people who actually consume sugar. If they cause the problem they will help pay for it directly.

If you consume sugar, you will pay the tax that will help offset some of the costs arising from its use. This could send a strong signal to consumers.

If you don't consume much sugar, you don't pay much of the tax.

Simple.

Oh, expect a massive over-reaction and opposition from Australia's mostly foreign owned sugar industry.

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100% correct BC. Unfortunately although the mills are largely foreign owned the cane is grown by Australian farmers and some help maybe required there to repurpose the cane to ethanol or repurpose the land to hemp and other crops.

A canegrowers rep was on the ABC today shouting down any possibility of a sugar tax but that is only a natural reaction. Anyway sugar will still be used, it is just the fructose portion that will go to industrial purposes.
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