{"id":30057,"date":"2017-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/the-new-tax-that-would-whack-low-income-earners\/"},"modified":"2017-02-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T00:00:00","slug":"the-new-tax-that-would-whack-low-income-earners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/the-new-tax-that-would-whack-low-income-earners\/","title":{"rendered":"The new tax that would WHACK low-income earners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A proposed tax on sugary drinks would primarily hurt low-income earners, admits the Obesity Policy Coalition.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAt first glance, yes, it does seem unfair,\u201d OPC\u2019s Jane Martin told David and Will on FIVEAA breakfast. \u201cBut we know from Mexico, and there\u2019s a lot of low income people in Mexico, when they put a tax on sugary drinks there, low income people stopped drinking those drinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN HERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/308568160&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what we would expect to happen here,\u201d she said. \u201cIdeally you would subsidise healthy food for low income groups as well, and that would be really supportive of healthier diets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you tax sugary drinks, low income people stop buying them. 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