{"id":2615,"date":"2012-12-29T16:39:14","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T21:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2012-12-29T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T21:39:14","slug":"responsible-use-of-sin-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/12\/29\/responsible-use-of-sin-taxes","title":{"rendered":"Responsible use of sin taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the bottle of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chimay.com\/en\/en.html?IDC=27\">Chimay<\/a> Trappist beer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The &#8220;Trappist&#8221; logo certifies that this ale is brewed in a Trappist Abbey and that the majority of sales income is intended for social aid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I wonder what happens to the sin taxes in Malaysia, considering we&#8217;re the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.malaysianbrewers.com.my\/taxes.htm\">second highest<\/a> in the world for beer after Norway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Responsible%20use%20of%20sin%20taxes&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2012%2F12%2F29%2Fresponsible-use-of-sin-taxes&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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