Originally posted by: skim milk
wow, I'm surprised that blahblahfvckingmoron didn't start this thread
Originally posted by: eits
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Originally posted by: everman
You can't just tax food deemed unhealthy, then everyone pays regardless of their health status. Some people can control themselves and only eat junk food occasionally, they should not be required to pay any such "fat tax". I think a better alternative is to charge obese people more for health insurance just like smokers, charge them less once they drop the weight.</blockquote>
yeah, that's a good idea... but i think they already do that, don't they? isn't that what insurance risk analysts determine?
Originally posted by: waggy
nope.
it would make me worry about what is next.
Originally posted by: senseamp
nay, if I wanted flat tax I'd move to Russia.
Originally posted by: waggy
nope.
it would make me worry about what is next.
Originally posted by: eits
i was sitting in class yesterday and the professor was talking about some extremely obese patient he had and how much food he ate just for breakfast... then, he went on to talk about how much tax payers money go towards keeping his fat ass alive each year.
the student in front of me turned around and said, "that's why we need a fat tax." my liberal ass said, "don't you think that's kinda discriminatory?" he replied, "so? fvck 'em..."
good point.
but how would you implement a fat tax? tax fast food goers more per order? tax break for those who can document a healthy lifestyle and/or weight loss? it just kinda seems like it'd be hard to control...
EDIT: http://www.obesity.org/subs/tax/taxguide.shtml
http://www.mindfully.org/Health/2004/Obesity-US-$75_1B22jan04.htm
found these... thought it'd be useful for the discussion.
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Make healthy food cheaper, and more people will buy it. As long as that "organically grown" crap costs twice as much as normal food, most folks are never going to buy it.
Originally posted by: skim milk
wow, I'm surprised that blahblahfvckingmoron didn't start this thread
Originally posted by: TehMac
No fat tax, but I believe the obese peeps are getting raped by insurance.
You dont have freedom from taxes. But I agree that maybe this doesnt need a tax so long as fatties stop messing up health care costs for the non-fatties.Originally posted by: SuperSix
Exactly. As more and more freedoms are eroded away . . . .Originally posted by: waggy
nope.
it would make me worry about what is next.
Originally posted by: Modelworks
They want to add 1 cent for every oz for soda and similar drinks. That is 16-20 cents more per bottle.
No thanks.
Next will be 20 cent tax for buying candy, anything but ground sirloin, etc
Originally posted by: BoomerD
You think red meat is healthy? Hell, they'll be leveling "Fat Taxes" and "cholesterol taxes" on that artery-clogging red meat before too long. :roll:
Here in Kahleeforneeya, they're also trying some kind of tax on soda pop. They just increased the taxes on cigarettes...AGAIN. About the only thing they aren't hitting with heavy tax increases is the alcohol industry. The various beer, booze, and wine companies here must have pretty good lobbists.
While tobacco products are far from healthy, for the most part, they only hurt the person who uses them.
Alcohol on the other hand, not only hurts the user, but because too many dumb-fucks seem to think it's ok to drink and drive, it also causes a LOT of hurt to other people...non-users.
Time to levy HUGE taxes on beer, wine, and hard liquor.
$1.00 per bottle of beer, $10.00 (or more) per bottle of wine, $50.00 (or more) per quart (or part thereof) of all hard liquors.
Why not? It's just another form of sin tax like cigarette taxes...![]()
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Originally posted by: Modelworks
They want to add 1 cent for every oz for soda and similar drinks. That is 16-20 cents more per bottle.
No thanks.
Next will be 20 cent tax for buying candy, anything but ground sirloin, etc
You think red meat is healthy? Hell, they'll be leveling "Fat Taxes" and "cholesterol taxes" on that artery-clogging red meat before too long. :roll:
