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# TITLE: Should there be an increased tax on meat? [2ce998b47ace2d660c9138ff53213ca0]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 4
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - There should be a small tax on all meat. The tax should be 1% and should be used to fund the NHS and research into sustainable alternatives to meat. This will reduce the consumption of meat and therefore the negative effects that it has on the environment. It will also help to improve peoples health by encouraging them to eat more plant based foods.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - We have come to the decision that there should be a small tax applied to meat. We think that this will help to reduce the consumption of meat and therefore the negative effects that it has on the environment. We think that this will also help to improve peoples health by encouraging them to eat more plant based foods. We think that this tax should be a small tax, maybe 1%, and should be applied to all meat. We think that this tax should go towards the NHS and funding research into more sustainable alternatives to meat.  Activity A (Possible critique and response): How to spot bad arguments... You are part of a group of participants who have been tasked with writing to your local MPs about possible reforms to green policy in the UK. Below is a comment made about your draft view and a possible response.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - We have come to the decision that there should be an increased tax on meat. We think that this will help to reduce the consumption of meat and therefore the negative effects that it has on the environment. We think that this will also help to improve peoples health by encouraging them to eat more plant based foods. We think that this tax should be a small tax, maybe 1%, and should be applied to all meat. We think that this tax should be used to fund the NHS and to fund research into more sustainable alternatives to meat. We also think that this tax should be used to fund a marketing campaign, to promote the new sustainable alternatives to meat and to get the message out there about how reducing meat consumption can help to improve the environment and peoples health.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - We have come to the decision that there should be an increased tax on meat. We think that this will help to reduce the consumption of meat and therefore the negative effects that it has on the environment. We think that this will also help to improve people’s health by encouraging them to eat more plant based foods. We think that this tax should be a small tax, maybe 1%, and should be applied to all meat. We think that this tax should be used to fund the NHS and to fund research into more sustainable alternatives to meat.
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