More on the Conservative Alcohol Tax Plans
Posted on March 9th, 2008 by admin
as a follow up to an earlier post, here’s Christopher Booker:-
Under EU directive 92/83, the scope of a British government to tax alcohol is severely limited, and to single out extra-strong beers for a higher duty would be illegal.
If only Mr Cameron took more interest in “Europe”, he might discover that, far from being just a matter of “foreign affairs” which he can leave others to worry about, it has become the government which he, like the rest of us, must obey.
So, not only would it not make sense (behaviour alters due to incentives) it would be illegal to do so, too.
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