ttystikk
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I know it's been discussed, but tax them and apply those monies to health care.
Why would it be wrong to shame people for being fat if it will cost others money when providing for
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ttystikk
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Hear, hear! Division is what is destroying We the People, not Twinkies n Mountain Dew. It's been shown time and again that more prosperity brings a better lifestyle and better health. If we want a better country, we need to make sure everyone has a chance to make a better life.
Let us regain control of our finances and future as a nation and a People and I believe many of these diseases of poverty/low tech/low care will subside.
And yes, that means turning our attention to those predators of our well being, of which there are no shortage in our country.
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So eloquently said yet every generation misses it. It's how the elite maintain control while we fritter our lives in useless, illusory, endeavor.
Hookabelly
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@Padawanbater2 Are you just going to back out of the thread now? And I'm curious why you chose the word "shaming." How on earth could shame be even measured to see if enough "shame" heaped on any given person was effective?
Now do you mean should our government find a way to tax people who engage in physically unhealthy behaviors? If you could convince me of a fair way to do that and WHO would qualify then I'd be all ears. I am not convinced that certain behaviors are diseases but It seems almost impossible to legislate an addiction tax or a fat tax, etc. I know we already have "sin" taxes on cigarettes and liquor, and I remember someone came up w/ an idea to put all those tax dollars into a fund so when the smoker got lung cancer, that's how he would pay his med. bills.
These things look good on paper, but when you extrapolate them out there are just too many variables and gray areas for it to work. Interested to hear your honest thoughts on your subject instead of lighting a match and walking away.
Now do you mean should our government find a way to tax people who engage in physically unhealthy behaviors? If you could convince me of a fair way to do that and WHO would qualify then I'd be all ears. I am not convinced that certain behaviors are diseases but It seems almost impossible to legislate an addiction tax or a fat tax, etc. I know we already have "sin" taxes on cigarettes and liquor, and I remember someone came up w/ an idea to put all those tax dollars into a fund so when the smoker got lung cancer, that's how he would pay his med. bills.
These things look good on paper, but when you extrapolate them out there are just too many variables and gray areas for it to work. Interested to hear your honest thoughts on your subject instead of lighting a match and walking away.