(February 12, 2017 at 3:14 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: There's no limit on how high a cigarette tax could be. You could raise the vice taxes all around to pay for some of it.
I'm aware but raising the tax any more will just encourage people to buy their cigarettes from smugglers. Illegal cigarettes already quite popular as it is.
Quote:I agree something is better than nothing, but billing binge drinkers is more a "makes me feel better" solution rather than a general one. Not that that isn't important, but it won't do anything to actually solve the problem.
I agree with you on this one, more definitely needs to be done.
Quote:Do you guys have public options? Like a private hospital where you can pay out of pocket for treatment outside of the NHS?
Yep. We have private hospitals, clinics and insurance.
Why do you ask?