Denmark drops ‘fat tax,’ while Bloomberg bans food for the homeless
While American nanny-staters are pushing relentlessly to put the government in control of what you eat, Denmark is abolishing such government controls on food.
Danish authorities are abolishing a 2011 tax on high-fat foods and canceling a proposed tax on sugar.
The move comes after bureaucrats realized the taxes were driving up the cost of food and forcing Danes to leave the country to buy their groceries, killing jobs.
But some Americans who enjoy controlling others aren’t as smart. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg refuses to lift a citywide ban on donating food to homeless shelters because he couldn’t control the fat and salt content — even as the homeless face a brutal winter and starvation brought on by Hurricane Sandy devastation.
