The difficulty for such businesses is the energy costs and packaging costs (duty is 40%) on such businesses.

So if you will sell sliced cakes or other baked goods the cost of packaging drives the sale price up signifcantly.

That is locally made jams and jellies are so expensive.

I admire people who give it a try selling baked goods door to door , but the margins, if positive, are very small.

They lied to us. Sustainable energy is not cheaper.

The guy who has a million dollar home gets his 300000 property tax exemption and pays property tax only in 700000.
But begrudges the rice and mackerel eater 5% vat.

The govt can get this money back by elimination property tax exemption on all homes over 300000. That is zero sum.

Is there an org to teach people how to cook nutritious cheaper foods?

One could survive a long time on rice beans and canned oily fish in a healthy manner.

The govt could make duty free hurricane stoves, cooking gas and pressure cookers.

> If,” he said, “I'm giving the same benefit to the person who is fortunate as I am to the person who's less fortunate, is this the most appropriate approach whilst maintaining fiscal responsibility? And my answer to that personally is no.”

He should really cut the crap.
The number of less fortunate a increases by the day. And the social services devices are limited and temporary.

The rich are not going out there to stock up on food, because 5% makes no difference.

The blanket exemption will help the average person who pays more than half of their earnings in rent for as long as the exemption lasts. While social workers will discriminate who gets 50 dollars for three months.

The bakeries and fast food do not pay VAT. They deduct whatever they pay to Customs back from their vat return.

They only collect for the govt.

I on the other hand, am out of pocket. It is we sheep who pay vat

Correct. Not to mention the exorbitant customs duties of many products of 45-65%.
Even if I try to beat inflation by cooking my own food, pots and pans attract 45©. Sad.

> “But I mean, it's not just sugary drinks. It should be on all sugar, and everything breaks down to sugar. Rice breaks down to sugar, and potatoes and bread and pasta and stuff like that. So it's these things that contribute to diabetes and hypertension, and probably increase the risk of cancers.

Since the pandemic, I take no advice from doctors, the perfect tyrants.

But, since we are at it, protein also turns into sugar. Get boneless skinless chicken breasts and it will turn into sugar.

Cut all starch and sugars? Fine the body will make its own sugar by glucogenesis.

Finally, who cares what happens in England, they have generated so much their health system is in shambles and they can no longer celebrate Christmas publicly in peace.

> It is unhealthy, and they need to put the taxes down on fresh fruit and vegetables and tax these fast food restaurants up the hilt.

They already are taxed to the hilt.

It is too expensive to eat fast food everyday .

People eat hot dog and sausage at home.

They never lifted the mask mandates at the lab or doctors offices