tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post1121582297638046432..comments2023-10-08T12:11:52.993+13:00Comments on New Zealand Conservative: Human degradation cannot be cured by Government fiatLucia Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10485990994973953860noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-27852544762889935522011-12-12T12:52:43.351+13:002011-12-12T12:52:43.351+13:00All this survey tells us is 56% of those surveyed ...All this survey tells us is 56% of those surveyed are well enough off that they don't need to buy the cheapest alcohol, and more than 75% of those surveyed were over 20. Many people are enthusiastic about restrictions that will only apply to others, but as a basis for policy it's a completely crap one.Psycho Milthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00779500926576047736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-82500702514878537602011-12-12T10:02:19.677+13:002011-12-12T10:02:19.677+13:00The dis-ease is not with the lowest 10% of our com...The dis-ease is not with the lowest 10% of our community. The survey commissioners would find something that needed fixing with the lowest 10% even if we all lived in Paradise.DianeThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14167541320346691046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38893560.post-60246212599495567692011-12-12T09:55:08.069+13:002011-12-12T09:55:08.069+13:00although how I am not quite sure.
And therein lie...<i>although how I am not quite sure.</i><br /><br />And therein lies the rub. No-one knows how to fix it, least of all governments. But we expect our government to "do something", so they do. Putting up the price of alcohol WILL reduce consumption. The government will point at this statistic and say " look what we've achieved". Sadly, what they will have achieved, in reality, is lower consumption amongst those who were drinking sensibly and deeper poverty amongst the group you describe above.macdoctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355791620208619049noreply@blogger.com