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tomorrow509 t1_j1w871m wrote

Reply to comment by autotldr in Spain scraps VAT on basic food to help with rising cost of living by PauloPatricio

Bad Bot. You left out the meat of the article:

Spain will scrap the value-added tax on basic food items for six months as part of a series of new measures to help people to cope with the rising cost of living.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced that the VAT would be reduced from 4 per cent to 0 per cent on basic food items, such as bread, cheese and vegetables, while it will be reduced from 10 per cent to 5 per cent on oil and pasta.
The government also approved a one-off aid of €200 for families with incomes of €27,000 or less to compensate for the increase in food prices.
The new anti-crisis aid package is worth €10 billion, bringing the government's expenditures on aid measures to €45 billion.
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February, the Spanish government has announced multiple aid packages to help the poorest households cope with inflation, which has soared across Europe.

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tomorrow509 t1_j14llq5 wrote

Reply to comment by samplebitch in Hearses queue at Beijing crematorium, even as China reports no new COVID deaths by Niflheim-Dragon

Yep, now we're about 3 years in and it is still a big problem globally. Good thing we have vaccines to mitigate the impact on individuals. The wife and I were able to avoid it up until about a month ago and then we both tested positive. For me, I've had worse flues. I've been vaccinated twice but the last was about 9 months ago.

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