The gin bottle on the table is nearly empty, perhaps enough for two modest G & Ts left.
But if I take what remains in the bottle down to the off licence, the government will give me £5 towards a new, full bottle. This subsidy is not available to whisky or vodka drinkers, or of course teetotallers, but maintains jobs in the gin industry and its suppliers (American juniper growers, for example).
Seems like sound economic sense?
No. And it isn't when applied to cars, either.
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