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The majority of responsible drinkers are not willing to pay more tax to help deal with the irresponsible behaviour of the minority.
That is what the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) hopes to prove to the British Medical Association (BMA) after asking for a meeting to discuss the issue of tax.
At the launch of its report Alcohol misuse: tackling the UK epidemic in February, the BMA said responsible drinkers would be willing to pay more tax on alcohol to protect the public health.
“In our view, the British Medical Association is wrong to press the Government to deter the minority by punishing the majority with higher taxes," said BBPA chief executive Rob Hayward. "That is also the view of the large majority of the public, which overwhelmingly rejects your case for higher taxation.”
Hayward stressed the findings of a BBPA poll, conducted by ComRes, which showed that 61% of people would not be prepared to pay more on tax for alcohol to curb the problem drinking of others. A furt
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Peter Harvey 26/08/2008 14:10:52 |
RE: BBPA: Drinkers won't pay more tax the BMA needs to get its own act in place before it criticises other trades I have been waiting for a hospital appointment for months now, so keep your noses out please and target the real culprits the off trade This post replies to this thread |
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Paul Downes 26/08/2008 15:28:02  |
BBPA: Drinkers won't pay more tax Incredible !! still we have the ignorance of people willing to lay the blame of our problem drinkers and boozed up teenagers at the door of the reponsible individual publicans. night after night supermarkets and licenced local shops continue to ply their trade or provide affordable drinking to underage drinkers, direct sales or not, the end result is cheap and accessable booze, creating unsociable and dangerous environments overun with out of control youth and problem drinkers ending up with overun hospitals full of victims of drunks or alcohol abuse due to easy access and cheap booze provided by the off trade. When will these people stop blaming the local pubs for something the government has created. Maybe it is an excuse to rid the country of even more decent pubs. edited by: Paul Downes at: 26/08/2008 15:54:11 This post replies to this thread |
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| john morphew 26/08/2008 22:11:44 |
BBPA: Drinkers won't pay more tax you ask when? when the supermarkets stop paying the sorry mob ruling us. edited by: john morphew at: 26/08/2008 22:11:59 This post replies to Paul Downes > BBPA: Drinkers won't pay more tax |
