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This is the best idea ever since taxing cigarettes extra!!? |
Do you agree with this article? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070712/hl_n... To me it only seems fair since obesity is now such a drain on medicare and medicaid, and obesity is the same sin as smoking or drinking alcohol. (which I personally don't think that anything should be taxed "extra", but if you are going to make sin taxes, that should count for anything that could have a bad effect, Maybe next we should do a Curse tax for cd's!! And a fraud tax for religous donations!! BS Not all overweight people are at greater risk for disease. This is a myth. You can be overweight and perfectly healthy. There are other factors that are more important when determining someone's overall health than their waistline. Furthermore, you mention that overweight parents have overweight kids. That's not necessarily because the parent ate poorly. Metabolism has just as much of an impact on a person's weight as does their diet. Fat parents have fat kids because they are genetically predisposed to weight gain. This used to be beneficial to the species before food became so abundant. I'm with you on the smoking issue. People should be allowed to smoke on private property. If you don't like it then go some place that is non-smoking. Can't find one? Then open one yourself and ban smoking if you want to. This isn't about public health, it's about regulation and control. Not all exposure to second hand smoke is bad. It only does damage over a very long period of time. Source(s): pd Obesity doesn't cause "second-hand" fatness. Nor can I get cancer and die from standing near someone who is overweight. I believe what you say is irrelevant to what your comparing it to. I believe its like gas...people will pay exceeding amounts of money no matter what. Just as people continue to buy cigarettes. So, since people aren't doing what's good for themselves let's tax them into doing so, is something you advocate? So, let's CONTROL the people by manipulating taxes. Doesn't this sound a bit like a slow progression to Socialism and then Communism? i agree obesity contributes to major diseases,but why can't medical insurance cover this.when an obese person has a heart attack or stroke,they have by-pass surgery for the heart.some times strokes require an extended hospital stay.why can't we help them? i don't believe a "fat" tax is going to take care of obesity.the cigarette tax didn't stop smokers.why can't the obese get insured medical help? i think that there is medication to treat most of the other diseases,and i believe they could come up with something to treat the obese. nobody wants to be obese.medical conditions and medication for other diseases can cause obesity.some people are plain lazy and don't care,but we need to help the ones who want help,before they become a burden on medicare or medicaid Smoking and drinking are originally a choice. Eating is not. Many recent studies show that additives to a huge variety of processed foods are the root cause of the recent rapid increase in obesity. Not overeating as such, but the consumption of unknown ingredients in a diet that is not in itself excessive. So it is much more complicated than simply taxing the user. I do agree that food producers should be held just as accountable as tobacco producers and alcohol producers. The difference is that smokers and drinkers know their consumption is harmful. Not many people who eat processed foods are aware of the danger. you bet ye. |
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