The Drunkenness Tax

State Duma member Viktor Zvagelsky has suggested imposing fiscal responsibility on the alcohol producers for impairing nation’s health. The actual proposal is that distilleries should transfer for the medical assistance 2 rubles from each 0.5-litter bottle of vodka. The bill is being submitted to the Duma in two weeks after Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev urged lawmakers to elaborate laws so that the alcohol revenues could be spent for alcoholism treatment.

The bill elaborated by Viktor Zvagelsky, who chairs the State Duma’s subcommittee for the government’s control over excise goods market, suggests making distilleries responsible for produced alcohol. It also specifies procedures to repair the damage caused to the nation’s health.
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