Sugar Taxes: Health aid or Budget band aid
The imposition of a sugar tax introduces a mixed bag of arguments. Whether a sugar tax is the way to go at this stage is, at best, an uneasy argument.
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Countries that taxed calories. Why it was abolished in some, increased revenue in others.
Free Market Foundation’s Jasson Urbach looks at how well a sugar tax worked in countries like Mexico, France, Iceland and Denmark.
Sugar tax flaws – ‘Mathematical model’ based on speculation, assumption
Anthea Jeffery is concerned that the ‘mathematical model’ on which the proposed sugar tax is based rests primarily on five unproven assumptions.
Frans Cronje: Stepping towards a ‘Nanny State’? Why sugar tax should be avoided.
Frans Cronje is concerned that South Africans fought hard to re-assert their freedom from an overbearing state, but such a tax is forcing them to let go of those rights once again.