Editorial: A tax to discourage meat consumption is distasteful

The anti-meat movement is gaining momentum with a new campaign by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) calling for a “sin tax” on beef, pork, poultry and even fish.
The premise is that meat is bad for human health and should be taxed like cigarettes and alcohol to discourage consumption. What’s more, they say meat production is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions or, as PETA spokeswoman Ashley Byrne put it, is “catastrophic for the envi