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COPENHAGEN — Denmark said Saturday it would scrap a fat tax it introduced a little over a year ago in a world first, saying the measure was costly and failed to change Danes' eating habits.
"The fat tax and the extension of the chocolate tax -- the so-called sugar tax -- has been criticised for increasing prices for consumers, increasing companies' administrative costs and putting Danish jobs at risk," the Danish tax ministry said in a statement.
"At the same time it is believed that the fat tax has, to a lesser extent, contributed to Danes travelling across the border to make purchases," it added.
...Denmark's Confederation of Industries has described as a bureaucratic nightmare for producers and outlets.
AFP: Denmark to scrap world's first fat tax
Translation:
1. Tax increases costs jobs. Think Obama and his taxing the wealthy (job creators), ObamaKare.
2. The nightmare of Red tape kills jobs by increasing costs.
3. Related to businesses... they will move when facing a hostile environment where it makes competing difficult.
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