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In closing on Sugar is the new "Devil"

CarynMacD
CarynMacD Posts: 230
in Food and Nutrition
In closing:

I'm not even going to comment on the healthcare facilities and services in South Africa - IT IS SHOCKING!!!!! My grandfather landed up at a government hospital. I went to visit him and took him some yoghurt, fruit and something to drink. THEY REFUSED TO FEED HIM BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEM - HE HAD FOOD ALREADY. Oh and I also had to take him blankets and pillows. He died.

Payment Plan: Er What's That? No such thing here.

Welfare: No such thing here.

Here you have to have Private Medical Insurance otherwise you're stuffed.

People lie in corridors, on the floor, etc. in government hospitals because there are not enough beds/staff to resource these facilities. The "sweetened drink tax" apparently is going to be put forward to build new hospitals and clinics, unyet they cannot properly staff and equip existing facilities.

How about preventing people from getting ill in the first place. I'm all for taxes on "bad things", I really am. But address the cause not the symptom. Proper sanitation, water, reduce tax on "the good things". And for goodness sake EDUCATE people and stop the endless breeding.

I'm all for taxes as long as I can see a result in the society I live in, but unfortunately the decay, rot, corruption and mis-appropriation of funds we experience here, with our tax-payers money (approximately 10% of the population contribute to our tax base) is cause for concern.

Don't disguise or try and trick me into paying additional taxes that can be mis-used by saying "I think it's a grand idea to impose tax on sweetened drinks."

They are NOT concerned about the general health of the population, otherwise a blanket "sugar" tax would have been imposed. Why drill it down to one item "sweetened drinks" - in the name of new hospitals. Yeh right.

I'm smelling a rat!

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  • weightliftingdiva
    weightliftingdiva Posts: 522 Member
    Not sure why you made a new thread?
  • CarynMacD
    CarynMacD Posts: 230
    Because I wanted to.....

    these are my final thoughts on the subject, that's all. Please feel free to carry on. :happy:
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  • CarynMacD
    CarynMacD Posts: 230
    That's fine too. :wink:
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Why troll the community?
  • CarynMacD
    CarynMacD Posts: 230
    Hugh!

    That is not my intention. The original thread was getting pretty heated so I thought a break-away as a final thought would be a good thing to do. Lots of threads have a part 2 (3,4,5,6) so what is the problem exactly?
  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,438 MFP Moderator
    Because I wanted to.....



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