Lawmaker: Overweight people should pay 'fat tax'

2010-07-25 00:17:36

#26

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

I'm cool with taxing people for whatever incurs actual increases in costs of care, but I gotta say... the BMI is bullshit.

The problem with the BMI is that it assumes everyone has a small bone structure like me. The scale works fine for me, because I'm naturally thin. If I was a stocky person, it wouldn't matter how healthy I was, my bone structure alone would put me in the overweight category.

Basically, the BMI needs to be amended to account for variances in bone structures. Then, it would become an accurate measure of obesity and such.

2010-07-25 00:19:09

#27

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,816|6391|eXtreme to the maX

BMI doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat either
A fat percentage is better, I was 6% at my leanest, the tech couldn't believe it and did the test twice.

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2010-07-25 00:33:12

#28

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6690|North Carolina

Dilbert_X wrote:
BMI doesn't distinguish between muscle and fat either
A fat percentage is better, I was 6% at my leanest, the tech couldn't believe it and did the test twice.

I think my lowest was 8%.

2010-07-25 00:47:34

#29

mcminty: Moderating your content for the Australian Govt.; +879|7006|Sydney, Australia

Hurricane2k9 wrote:
yeah it would make sense to tax fatty foods. Plenty of people die from eating too much Mickey D's. The only problem is that it truly is a tax on the poor since they often can't afford anything else.

That's because people (and especially today's generation of teens and young adults), generally, don't know how to cook properly for themselves. For the same amount as a large big mac meal, I could make things which taste a million times better and don't leave me hungry again in 30 minutes. It's back to basics quick and simple cooking.. but it takes a little effort..

This is sort of tangential to the discussion, but Jamie Oliver made an excellent talk on obesity and the state of the western world's food culture... it's worth checking out His ideas would be a good start to solving the problems..

2010-07-25 01:09:25

#30

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6900|do not disturb

No, there should not be a fat tax. Being overweight already has numerous consequences for those individuals.

2010-07-25 01:43:13

#31

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6866|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Fat ass lardballs are expensive drains on society. They're less productive and they're a waste of medical time a resources that should be spent on people who aren't actively killing themselves. Fast food is poison. Soda is poison. It's collusion between agribusiness and the healthcare industry; fatten 'em up so we can sell 'em pills and proceedures. I'm not a health nut, but I do have the common sense to avoid food that's designed to kill me.

2010-07-25 05:38:59

#32

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,816|6391|eXtreme to the maX

Phrozenbot wrote:
No, there should not be a fat tax. Being overweight already has numerous consequences for those individuals.

And huge consequences for the rest of us, starting with global warming.

A friend of mine had his Lotus Esprit rear-ended because a fat guy couldn't move his fat leg to the brake pedal in time.
True story.

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2010-07-25 11:14:38

#33

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6900|do not disturb

Ha, that's kind of funny. Except the part about getting rear-ended.

2010-07-25 19:24:25

#34

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Whoever agreed with the premise that fat people should pay a tax can go fuck themselves. Who the fuck are you to tell someone else how they should live their life?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-07-25 19:42:46

#35

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7001

JohnG@lt wrote:
Whoever agreed with the premise that fat people should pay a tax can go fuck themselves. Who the fuck are you to tell someone else how they should live their life?

The disabled should pay a lot more in taxes too, coz you know of all the benefits and shits.

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2010-07-25 19:44:10

#36

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6978

Nazis

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2010-07-25 20:03:38

#37

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Cybargs wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Whoever agreed with the premise that fat people should pay a tax can go fuck themselves. Who the fuck are you to tell someone else how they should live their life?
The disabled should pay a lot more in taxes too, coz you know of all the benefits and shits.

Nah, we should just kill them amirite?

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-07-25 20:06:49

#38

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,816|6391|eXtreme to the maX

JohnG@lt wrote:
Whoever agreed with the premise that fat people should pay a tax can go fuck themselves. Who the fuck are you to tell someone else how they should live their life?

If I'm paying for their choices I'd rather they paid really.

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2010-07-25 20:13:22

#39

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Dilbert_X wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Whoever agreed with the premise that fat people should pay a tax can go fuck themselves. Who the fuck are you to tell someone else how they should live their life?
If I'm paying for their choices I'd rather they paid really.

So move to a country where you aren't paying their upkeep. You chose to move to a country that takes care of the poor and unfit.

Here in the US, fat people pay higher insurance premiums because they are a higher risk. I don't pay a dime of their upkeep unless they end up on welfare/SS.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-07-25 20:15:16

#40

Macbeth: Banned; +2,444|5870

Back in high school they removed all of the soda machines and stopped selling it in the cafe since some fat people can't control their soda intake. It was lame.

2010-07-25 20:23:54

#41

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Macbeth wrote:
Back in high school they removed all of the soda machines and stopped selling it in the cafe since some fat people can't control their soda intake. It was lame.

Fat people drinking a soda a day at school is the cause of the obesity problem in America. It's not caused by parents with shitty eating habits passing those onto their kids or parents passing on their love of being a couch potato to their kids. The retarded 'fat police' are the same types of 'dogooders' that got prohibition passed. Morons the lot of them. I really wish people would mind their own fucking business.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-07-25 20:25:25

#42

Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6833|San Diego, CA, USA

Macbeth wrote:
Back in high school they removed all of the soda machines and stopped selling it in the cafe since some fat people can't control their soda intake. It was lame.

I wonder if you could use that as an analogy in loosing your liberties because others' decide what is best for you instead of you deciding for yourself.

2010-07-25 20:30:25

#43

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5643|London, England

Harmor wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
Back in high school they removed all of the soda machines and stopped selling it in the cafe since some fat people can't control their soda intake. It was lame.
I wonder if you could use that as an analogy in loosing your liberties because others' decide what is best for you instead of you deciding for yourself.

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"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-07-25 20:33:07

#44

Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6833|San Diego, CA, USA

Agreed. That's very Libertarian of you.

2010-07-25 21:39:30

#45

Hurricane2k9: Pendulous Sweaty Balls; +1,538|5987|College Park, MD

JohnG@lt wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
Back in high school they removed all of the soda machines and stopped selling it in the cafe since some fat people can't control their soda intake. It was lame.
Fat people drinking a soda a day at school is the cause of the obesity problem in America. It's not caused by parents with shitty eating habits passing those onto their kids or parents passing on their love of being a couch potato to their kids. The retarded 'fat police' are the same types of 'dogooders' that got prohibition passed. Morons the lot of them. I really wish people would mind their own fucking business.

freedom isn't allowed in the USA gtfo

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2010-07-25 21:41:45

#46

11 Bravo: Banned; +965|5522|Cleveland, Ohio

Macbeth wrote:
Back in high school they removed all of the soda machines and stopped selling it in the cafe since some fat people can't control their soda intake. It was lame.

right. just like states banned cell phones in cars and required hands free. guess what, the numbers didnt change.

point is fat may be some brain issue or something like that. who knows. i know skinny people who eat tons of shit food all day.

2010-07-25 21:48:35

#47

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5463|Sydney

Harmor wrote:
Will there be a fat police?

I've seen a few around. Watch out, Big Brother is watching, it's all a conspiracy. Check for aliens under your bed nightly.

2010-07-25 21:49:59

#48

11 Bravo: Banned; +965|5522|Cleveland, Ohio

well i think if you have NHS and you see some fatty at mcdonalds, they should have to pay a fine or pay for their own healthcare.

2010-07-25 22:10:09

#49

Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6833|San Diego, CA, USA

Maybe this is a job for Big Pharma? The 'fat pill'?

2010-07-25 22:14:04

#50

11 Bravo: Banned; +965|5522|Cleveland, Ohio

Harmor wrote:
Maybe this is a job for Big Pharma? The 'fat pill'?

no because then you could not separate the classes

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