#meattax — Public Fediverse posts
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(6/6) For all households, lower #prices have the largest impact on choosing #plant-based protein. While #taxes may have less public support, learning from #sugartax, they can be effective given the right design, compensatory measures, and public messaging: https://doi.org/10.1787/97c4041a-en #meattax
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@paulpeace
Yep, tax animal agriculture out of existence. As much as I like the idea, there is a risk we'd end up with more animal suffering, at least in the short- and medium-term.A meat tax has little consumer support, so most likely a tax would foremost or only be applied to the flesh of those animals that contribute most to global warming, ruminants. And consumers might just switch to eating more chickens, pigs and fishes.
It's explained here in more detail:
https://c2b5df1e-0ba2-4201-9fb6-87e92e6ad2c0.usrfiles.com/ugd/c2b5df_ecf0945e31054a62b33da5fd0816a86f.pdf#AnimalAgriculture #MeatTax #AnimalSuffering #AnimalProtection #environment
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Yep, tax animal agriculture out of existence. As much as I like the idea, there is a risk we'd end up with more animal suffering, at least in the short- and medium-term.
A meat tax has little consumer support, so most likely a tax would foremost or only be applied to the flesh of those animals that contribute most to global warming, ruminants. And consumers might just switch to eating more chickens, pigs and fishes.
It's explained here in more detail:
https://c2b5df1e-0ba2-4201-9fb6-87e92e6ad2c0.usrfiles.com/ugd/c2b5df_ecf0945e31054a62b33da5fd0816a86f.pdf#AnimalAgriculture #MeatTax #AnimalSuffering #AnimalProtection #environment
... this was meant to be in reply to Paul's post on a meat tax @paulpeace