A better idea than increasing taxes - especially in Norway! - would be to make domestic production, distribution and sale of basic unprocessed or minimally processed (think: pasteurised milk or real bread) food tax-free.
It would mean that most municipalities would be able to have basic food production, a great boon in case of crisis in global logistics, and also an end of JIT-systems when it comes to food.
Such a policy could easily be extended to processed goods like beer, wine or even spirits, provided the entire chain of production is domestic.
Doing so would not mean protectionist policies like France's generations-long mooching off of the EU for subsidies to farmers, but would provide incentive for "Big Food" to start competing with quality products, since the conscious consumer would always have the option of cheap basic food.
As an add-on, re-inventing the subject of "hemkunskap" (knowledge on how to cook, make preserves and preserve food, growing food, et cetera - basically the stuff everyone knew how to do pre-WW2 and urbanisation) would equip future adults with the knowledge and skills to fully utilise what can be raised and grown domestivally.
Thank you for raising the point about the insane levels of taxation in Norway.
You also point to another gem: 're-inventing the subject of "hemkunskap" (knowledge on how to cook, make preserves and preserve food, growing food, et cetera - basically the stuff everyone knew how to do pre-WW2 and urbanisation) would equip future adults with the knowledge and skills to fully utilise what can be raised and grown domestically.'
Problem is, it took but two generations for virtually everything to be forgotten. No wonder there's a 'dark age' after Antiquity…
I love the expression "hemkunskap" and am practicing it to the best of my ability. I've just had a vegetable stir fry with cashews and 50% of the veg were from my allotment, including the garlic and the quince jelly that I garnished it with. Trouble is growing stuff is hard work: even cooking burns calories and most people I see are too fat and lazy to be bothered, unfortunately.
A better idea than increasing taxes - especially in Norway! - would be to make domestic production, distribution and sale of basic unprocessed or minimally processed (think: pasteurised milk or real bread) food tax-free.
It would mean that most municipalities would be able to have basic food production, a great boon in case of crisis in global logistics, and also an end of JIT-systems when it comes to food.
Such a policy could easily be extended to processed goods like beer, wine or even spirits, provided the entire chain of production is domestic.
Doing so would not mean protectionist policies like France's generations-long mooching off of the EU for subsidies to farmers, but would provide incentive for "Big Food" to start competing with quality products, since the conscious consumer would always have the option of cheap basic food.
As an add-on, re-inventing the subject of "hemkunskap" (knowledge on how to cook, make preserves and preserve food, growing food, et cetera - basically the stuff everyone knew how to do pre-WW2 and urbanisation) would equip future adults with the knowledge and skills to fully utilise what can be raised and grown domestivally.
Thank you for raising the point about the insane levels of taxation in Norway.
You also point to another gem: 're-inventing the subject of "hemkunskap" (knowledge on how to cook, make preserves and preserve food, growing food, et cetera - basically the stuff everyone knew how to do pre-WW2 and urbanisation) would equip future adults with the knowledge and skills to fully utilise what can be raised and grown domestically.'
Problem is, it took but two generations for virtually everything to be forgotten. No wonder there's a 'dark age' after Antiquity…
I love the expression "hemkunskap" and am practicing it to the best of my ability. I've just had a vegetable stir fry with cashews and 50% of the veg were from my allotment, including the garlic and the quince jelly that I garnished it with. Trouble is growing stuff is hard work: even cooking burns calories and most people I see are too fat and lazy to be bothered, unfortunately.
Excellent.
The German term I’d use is: Hauswirtschaftskunde, literally knowledge of home-economy.
It is also very ‘old-fashioned’, to say the least.
Bon appetit!
Sounds to me like too much Government and bureaucracy ikke sant?
Are they trying to shut down farmers there also?
Jon
Of course, by rendering it insanely expensive to continue due to new regulations.
Same shit, different smell.
Just *if* anyone here thought for a second that they might be interested a little in people being healthy... ;)
Nope.
https://popularrationalism.substack.com/p/theyre-at-it-again-now-they-want
Exactly.
Thanks for the reading suggestion!