What would happen if drink prices were raised sky high in the budget?

Jamiekelly

Say all drinks goes up to 2 euro. Both pints and cans.

Bet there would be a huge protest organised then

newmug

There'd be a sudden increase in poitin making!

PCPhoto

peoples would stockpile in nordyland...... simples !!

4zn76tysfajdxp

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Say a pint of bud goes up to 6 euro or some crazy high prize.

Bet there would be a huge protest organised then

Or they'd switch to Heineken.

Ghandee

I hate to be the bearer of bad news op......
But loads of pubs have been charging €6 (and sometimes above) for pints ofgoats piss bud for AGES in some parts of Dublin.

rossie1977

well based on the fact that pints are €6 (and higher) in some places in dublin, i would predict that those places would be mad busy if temple bar is anything to go by

Minstrel27

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Say a pint of bud goes up to 6 euro or some crazy high prize.

Bet there would be a huge protest organised then

Budweiser is piss. They can put it to €100 for all I care.

Pherekydes

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Say a pint of bud goes up to 6 euro or some crazy high prize.

I don't care how much they pay me, I ain't drinking it.

jimthemental

I'd be setting up a poitin still, a home brew kit and I'd stockpile smithwicks like canned goods before a war.

Orando Broom

I'd stop drinking and start doing activities.

TanG411

It wouldn't affect me in any way, whatsoever.

aerahL

If that thing would happen, maybe I'll take out a personal loan to have an extra budget for one month alcoholic drink. Or maybe I'll just cut off a little of my alcohol intake. And worse I'll just have an abstinence in alcohol. I hope one my three ideas would work.

biko

What if what if

starbelgrade

It would cost more to get drunk, would be the logical conclusion.

maxfresh

A lot more people would get addicted to prescription drugs.

I've prepared for this eventuality by starting homebrewing. Pubs are a different story however.

Cabaal

The gov would make more money clearly....

wolfpawnat

Sales would be lost and hundreds would head North! Don't worry the Government know where the easiest tax comes from!!!

Biggest worry I would see would be 50c! They know if they raise it much higher that with is budgets cuts no one will be able to afford it and they will lose a holy fortune!!!!

Zebra3

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Say all drinks goes up to 2 euro. Both pints and cans.

What's the name of your local? :eek:

Lando Griffin

Jackie Healy Rea would go on a rant and walk out on the Government and possibably causing a general election. It would be then known as "FF, the government brought down by drink"

Son Of A Vidic

Nothing would happen - this is Ireland. If the what happened last Saturday is the best we can muster, after the rape of our little nation by the ECB and IMF.Then Drink prices rising won't stir sh1t!

CantGetNoSleep

Cabaal wrote: »

The gov would make more money clearly....

Ni gov would anyway, ours would lose a lot, didn't duty on alcohol go down in the last budget?

Can only see a minimal increase, if any at all

Is mise le key

I have homebrewed now for the past 20 years, far cheaper & if you buy the right kits & quality ingredients far far far nicer than the swill you get from any bar or offo.

starbelgrade

maxfresh wrote: »

A lot more people would get addicted to prescription drugs.

A lot more people.

amy21

I'd be having a lot less sex

stovelid

I'd just mug rich teenage drinkers outside off-licenses.

kylith

The drug dealers will start doing a nice trade in bathtub hooch.

Plazaman

No difference whatsoever. To quote the little auld fella on TV3 last year after the budget, when asked "If the price of drinks goes up, will you stop drinking it?".

"I'll stop drinking it, when they stop making it"

Classic reply (and true)

Sykk

Taxes on high-strength beers and lagers are to be increased as part of a drive to encourage responsible drinking, it was announced today.

The additional duty will come into effect from autumn 2011 and will be imposed on beer with a strength above 7.5% alcohol by volume, said Downing Street.
Meanwhile, duties on low-alcohol beers with a strength of 2.8% or less will be reduced.
The amount of the new tax will be revealed by Chancellor George Osborne in his Budget next spring.
Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman declined to comment on its size, but said it was intended to be large enough to influence drinkers' behaviour.
This follows news that vouchers could be dished out to help "nudge" people towards healthier lifestyle choices under a shake-up of public health which will be unveiled later.
The Government will set out plans for giving councils responsibility for public health issues.
Ministers hope this will make it easier to join up services such as transport, leisure facilities and housing and help them tackle obesity, smoking and drinking head-on.
Local public health directors will work for local authorities instead of the NHS under the proposals.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley believes people should be offered incentives to encourage them to make better choices. In turn, councils will be incentivised to get good results.
The changes will be about behaviour not just introducing laws, he has said.

Andrew Lansley believes people must also take responsibility for themselves
"People do have personal responsibility as well," he told the BBC ahead of the announcement.
"The question of whether people smoke is just not an issue of whether the government has passed legislation or not."
A pot of money from the NHS will be ring-fenced to pay for the ideas as local government budgets face severe cuts.
"Health premiums" - extra cash - will be directed towards the poorest areas.
Mr Lansley will set out his ideas in more detail to MPs at 3.30pm but many of the details about how smoking, obesity and booze-culture will be addressed will not be published until next year.
Prime Minsiter David Cameron has put the "nudge" idea at the centre of his agenda and created a team to look at how behavioural economic and market forces can encourage people to make better choices.

That's in Britain, just been announced. We're next.

clived2

Shelves would be cleared of Listerine

JayEnnis

Now lad..

Don't be giving that shower of cúnts any ideas.