Talk:Fat tax

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The imposition of a fat tax in Denmark is imminent: "Denmark is to introduce a tax on saturated fat with effect from 1 October, 2011. The tax, charged at the rate of DKK 16 per kg saturated fat on domestic and imported food, will apply to meat, including chicken and pork, as well as to cheese, butter, edible oils, margarine, spreadable products and other food such as snack products. Products with saturated fat content at or below 2.3% will not be included." Can someone (possibly Danish) authenticate this and give full details. 193.130.120.206 (talk) 15:49, 29 June 2011 (UTC)

Are there any serious proposals to tax overweight people rather than food products? If not, does it deserve mention in this article? Neramesh (talk) 23:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

"It is estimated that a national tax of 1 cent per 12-ounce soft drink would generate $1.5 billion annually, and a national tax of 1 cent per pound of candy, chips and other snack foods would generate revenues of up to $314 million." which nation?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARMgjdbY93o Reliefappearance (talk) 18:19, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Scientific Research
I just noticed this incredibly weird sentence in the article: "Taxing soft drinks and pizza can decrease the amount of calories that people consume from these foods." It suggests that the amount of calories are determinant on the price you pay for food. It probably needs to be reworded or removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.208.27.116 (talk) 21:04, 7 September 2010 (UTC)


 * What is strange? In many cases higher prices cause people to buy less of a product.  If they buy less of it they generally consume less of it.  If they consume less of it, they get fewer calories from that type of food.  Zodon (talk) 03:54, 9 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Furthermore, manufacturers will reduce the amount of taxable ingredients in their products, because increased prices mean decreased revenues. Plus companies who have smaller amounts (reduced or originally) are given an 'edge' in the market: lower price plus seen to be less unhealthy. Something to fuel competition and steer in the direction desired. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.157.96.160 (talk) 22:29, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Pigovian?
Fat taxes aren't Pigovian (or if they are, it's not obvious why and no argument really being made to this effect). There's no claim about an inherent externality that's being corrected; at most, what's being claimed here is that there's another government policy (e.g., healthcare subsidies or income taxes) that have an unintended consequence and that a fat tax might possibly reduce this effect. Not really the same thing. Austinecon (talk) 19:12, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Bias
While I am not in the position to edit right now, I would like to point out that many of the studies are inconclusive (There are studies that show that the opposite is true) and the article over all seems to support the Fat-Tax. I am currently doing a research paper on the fat tax, and will answer any questions or post any links to useful websites. Just ask Cheers, --71.205.198.123 (talk) 01:22, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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Jonathan Gruber, fat tax advocate
The article asks who: "Other advocates of the tax[who?] point to the effect taxes have had on alcohol and tobacco use. Five studies published between 1981 and 1998 found that drinking declined as the price of alcohol increased. The same holds for tobacco. In California in 1988, Proposition 99 increased the state tax by 25 cents per cigarette pack and allocated a minimum of 20% of revenue to fund anti-tobacco education. From 1988 to 1993, the state saw tobacco use decline by 27%, three times better than the U.S. average." Jonathan Gruber is one such advocate. I linked a paper that he wrote for the NIHCM advocating the fat tax, using cigarette taxes and alcohol as his example. 96.59.92.70 (talk) 23:06, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

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