GWPF has a piece on German proposals to increase VAT on meat.
Meat is relatively cheap for consumers in Germany. But that could all be about to change as lawmakers from across the political spectrum back proposals aimed at climate protection and animal welfare.
German politicians from the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens on Wednesday proposed raising the value added tax (VAT) on meat to the standard rate of 19%. Currently, meat is taxed at a reduced rate of 7%.
“I am in favor of abolishing the VAT reduction for meat and earmarking it for more animal welfare,” said Friedrich Ostendorf, agricultural policy spokesperson for the Greens.
His SPD counterpart Rainer Spieging added that: “a meat tax, such as increasing the VAT to 19%, could be a way forward.”
Loons never stop do they? We eat very little meat so I don't really have a meaty axe to grind here, but raising taxes for loopy reasons is not what governments should do. Of course this is what they do all the time and ultimately voters must take a large share of the blame. Don't elect loons is the core message here. But we do.
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“I am in favor of abolishing the VAT reduction for meat and earmarking it for more animal welfare,”
I wonder if he or his translator knows the origin of the term earmarking?
They are running out ? Of things to tax, so under the guise of "it is good for you" and an assertive green looby anything we consume or use to much of, in their view, will be taxed as having a negative effect on the planets condition.
And it is not just those on the left proposing these things, jazz hands all round...........................
Sam - well spotted. I wonder when our earmarking will come in.
Wiggia - yes it's all about our levels of consumption. They just don't like it.
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