{"id":1611352,"date":"2022-08-17T18:53:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T22:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611352"},"modified":"2022-08-17T18:54:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T22:54:01","slug":"leftists-call-for-meat-tax-after-signing-of-inflation-reduction-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-call-for-meat-tax-after-signing-of-inflation-reduction-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists call for meat tax after signing of \u2018Inflation Reduction Act\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftists-call-for-meat-tax-after-signing-of-inflation-reduction-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1611352&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2738952\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2738952\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2738952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1401803720-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 08: Beef steaks are displayed in the meat section at a Safeway store on June 08, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. The U.S. Labor Department will report May&#039;s inflation numbers this Friday after reporting a rate of 8.3% in April of this year. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1652\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2738952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA \u2013 JUNE 08: Beef steaks are displayed in the meat section at a Safeway store on June 08, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. The U.S. Labor Department will report May\u2019s inflation numbers this Friday after reporting a rate of 8.3% in April of this year. (Photo by Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5><span>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:10 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, August 17, 2022<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Following the passage and signing of the Democrat climate package, talks of new disincentives for meat consumption is once again becoming a hot topic. Far-left activists complained that so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/inflation_reduction_act_one_page_summary.pdf\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a> only devotes five-percent toward changing farm practices.<\/p>\n<p>According to researchers, taxes could go as high as 56-percent for beef, 25-percent for poultry and up to 19-percent for lamb and pork.<\/p>\n<p>Leftists have long suggested that meat and dairy production is the \u2018biggest climate culprit\u2019. Those in favor of taxing meat consumption say that as meat and dairy become more expensive, plant-based foods would become more affordable.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meat and dairy alternatives are much more climate-friendly than all animal-based foods\u2014even chicken produced in the US\u2014when the carbon opportunity cost of production is accounted for, writes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaloniShah101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SaloniShah101<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GwaPytPzoH\">https:\/\/t.co\/GwaPytPzoH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IBi71rfA0S\">pic.twitter.com\/IBi71rfA0S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breakthrough (@TheBTI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBTI\/status\/1559650964864471043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meat is the primary source of protein and is the core of a healthy diet. A tax on meat could\u00a0 hinder sustainable farming.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/democrats-weaponize-fbi-against-americans\/\">Democrats Weaponize FBI Against Americans<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA \u2013 JUNE 08: Beef steaks are displayed in the meat section at a Safeway store on June 08, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. The U.S. Labor Department will report May\u2019s inflation numbers this Friday after reporting a rate of 8.3% in April of this year. 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