Posted on 06/22/2016 12:54:05 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A new report has urged the French government to up taxes on fizzy drinks or soda as well as chocolate bars.
A can of coke and a Mars bar could soon become a much pricier snack in France.
The shock report was presented to the French parliament on Monday and it includes a proposal was made to significantly increase the tax on sugary drinks.
The current tax stands at €7.53 per hectoliter, or 2.51 centimes for each can of soda. These amounts would rise to €21.47 per hectoliter or 4.6 centimes per 33-centiliter can of soda if the proposal were to go ahead.
The idea of the tax rise would be to compensate for a drop in VAT on other more essential products like oil, margarine and flour. …
(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.fr ...
So Hollande hired Bloomberg as an advisor?
Well, if a report says it, I guess they have to do it.
The truism that must be remembered is this; a reduction in tax is almost always temporary while an increase in tax is the next thing to eternal! Government always needs every centime for ‘essential’ spending!
Oh Noes! Does it include “schoolboys”? /obscure food reference from “Jet Lag”
But dont dare ask them to tax the freeloading muslims that are on the dole
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