Salt tax proposal fails maths test
Do you think no one would notice a 600 percent tax on salt? That government could sneak it in? That it would hardly be reported?
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Some wag at the National Business Review, clearly thinking I have too good a time of it, suggested I examine the taxing of salt.
The trigger was Otago University Associate Professor Nick Wilson declaring a tax on salt wouldn’t be noticed, would raise $450 million a year, and deliver a health
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Salt tax proposal fails maths test
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