Treasury rebukes Hewitt over alcopops tax call. By Dan Martin
The Treasury has dismissed calls from health secretary Patricia Hewitt that taxes on alcopops should be increased to prevent teenagers from binge drinking.
Speaking to children's publication 'First News', Hewitt called on chancellor Gordon Brown to "really increase" taxes on drinks such as alcopops because too many youngsters are ending up in hospital due to alcohol related illnesses and injuries.
"I am asking Gordon Brown when he comes forward with the budget next year, to really increase taxes on alcohol," she said.
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Accountability
When will these dopes we have in Government start to make those who misbehave accountable and punish them, not cast around all the time for others to blame and punish those.
Why should I, and many other responsible citizens in this once great country, have to pay more for our own enjoyable tipples, just because some hoodlum out of control (unaccountable as a result of the nanny state mentality) kids get pissed and spoil it for everyone else.
Oh, and note the common demoninator with all these hairbrained schemes devised by out of touch ministers - more money levied for this reckless high spending Government.
Hewitt, take note.
I'll drink to that!!
Mine's a double.
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There is only one sentence John posts which I would change, as follows:
Oh, and note the common demoninator with all these hairbrained schemes ...
..........they are all proposed by Ministers whose intelligence would struggle to match that of a root vegetable that has been boiled for more than 30 minutes.