EARLIER this week, lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate voiced their disapproval of a proposal by the Department of Health (DoH) to impose an additional tax on food with a high salt content, including snack food, instant noodles and dried fish products.
While acknowledging that the Health department’s rationale for supporting the “salt tax” was well-meaning, the legislators rejected the proposal as “anti-poor” and “silly.” The congressmen and senators who have expressed these views are correct.
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