• Krudler@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Hard agree. The amount of alcohol that humans can safely consume is approaching zero.

    And … The Canada Alcohol Deficit studies indicate that our current alcohol deficit is over 6 billion dollars. Meaning that after we take in taxation on alcohol, and we deal with the social, health, and criminal costs, we’re down 6B (e: the linked article below shows just under 4Bn but that’s out of date)

    Not only do we need warning labels, but we need to literally double the price of alcohol imo

    https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-40-no-5-6-2020/alcohol-deficit-canadian-government-revenue-societal-costs.html

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      6 months ago

      Labels are fine but increasing the price sounds ridiculous. I don’t drink alcohol but I cook with it all the time. I don’t need an increase in my grocery bill.

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        6 months ago

        Your rationale is I don’t want to pay more because I don’t want to.

        I understand, nobody does want to pay more for things, but the way taxation is structured means every bottle has a net cost to society. That’s not a justifiable or defensible position.

        And your claim that you just cook with it is highly specious.

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            6 months ago

            What the hell are you talking about, can you not connect the dots of a basic conversation?

            Alcohol is a net detraction from our society… You don’t want it to go up in price because you enjoy the product and want it to be cheap. And you really don’t care if your ability to get it cheap means that it harms our society.

            I feel like I’m talking to an infant here