Drinkers Don’t Burden the Taxpayer

Kill-joy research by the Institute of Alcohol Studies today claims that alcohol harm costs England £27.4 billion a year, putting a cork in one of Britain’s greatest cultures: drinking. The good news is, the freedom-loving Institute for Economic Affairs‘ Christopher Snowdon has pointed out that there’s no need to wine about it – alcohol doesn’t actually cost the taxpayer that much.[…] Read the rest