Fat Tax

The British Medical Association wants to tax biscuit-loving, chips-gorging impulses out of the public. It?s proposing a 17.5 percent VAT on fatty foods. Of course, living in London as a student, I put on half a stone because I couldn?t afford to eat much other than greasy Indian food and the occasional Yorkie. I?m guessing a tax like this will drive the student population toward filling up on a steady diet of Foster?s, Guinness, and Carlsburg.