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| Snuggle Club™ mascot | If they use the BMI, alot of us with athletic builds are in for some taxing. BF% would be the way to go. No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study, and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. |
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Unhealthy foods are the cheapest kind of food anyway, there is room to tax them. | |
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| Duck Rider | I'm not too keen on being taxed for my own BMI but I'd welcome tax on crappy foods. -Usus libri, non lectio prudentes facit |
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| Board Supporter | ditto to the tax on bad foods. I think even healthy people should have that tax than, its bad food, you want it, pay for it. Plus its not like there would be a $1 increase on this, it would probably be like 5-10 cents, such a small amount on a personal level but a large amount of money for the government to rake in. |
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| Registered User | I live in England so I pay taxes that go towards funding the NHS, but I can't remember the last time I used an NHS service. It annoys me that I take care of myself but have to pay for those that don't. I don't know how it works in the US, but I believe you all have private health insurance and (in some respects) I think that'd work better than the NHS. Off the top of my head, poor diet/exercise habits cost our government £6 billion, whilst smoking related diseases cost us £2 billion. I'd definitely be in favour of a bad food tax; BMI doesn't always relate well to overall health IMO. |
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| drugs are bad mkay! | We should absolutely not have a fat tax. that is absurd. it is your body and by all means if you want to be a repulsive piece of fat **** then you have that prerogative. we here at anabolicminds should understand more than most that laws should be kept off our bodies. also there is no way such a thing could be enforced. Many of us here on bulking diets pound down a ton of unhealthy foods, and what about that ectomorph that decides he wants to have his once a week small sized bag of lays potatoe chips, should he be taxed? absolutely not. The way i would handle this situation is by changing the way we handle the medical emergencies of obese individuals. if a 400 pounds man is driven to the hospital with a heart attack at the same time as a 180lb man that is not declared medically obese....then we need to have laws that force the doctors to care for the 180lb man first and not the repulsive drain on society's resources. i am sorry but these disgusting people need to either change their lifestyles or deal with some consquences. |
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I think the medical example you said is worse than a fat tax and more of an unfair law based on body weight than say taxing some junk food. We are not talking about a large tax, 5-10cents on bad food (potato chips, not small things like candy bars, taxx would be proportional to the amount of food/fat in it). In reality I think this is very fair, you have a choice if you want to get taxed or not. It is different comparing weight lifting and healthy lifestyles to unhealthy ones. Steroid users are not a drain on our society like obese people are, I dont believe you could argue that they are. | |
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i peronally enjoy eating a bag of potatoe chips every once in awhile and i cant see any damn reason why i should be taxed for it. i am also averse to the idea that we should tax everything that seems socially unacceptable. that is known as oppression, furthermore it is a very broad and nonspecific oppression, affecting people that fat tax isnt meant to target. no, i believe that not bailing out these repulsively overweight people when their disgusting lifestyle finally gives them a heart attack/stroke/etc. would be the best way of turning some lifestyles around. of course this would never happen because it might offend some people, and politicians will jump all over any idea for new taxes. the problem will never be solved, not that i thinkt he government should be getting its slimy hands involved in the first place. | |
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I understand what you mean with the tax, but I just cant see just letting someone die in a situation like you mentioned due to being fat, that just seems very harsh. This will just always be a problem that seems to have no solution (except making it socially acceptable to make fun of them, instead of acting like its alright and adverting our eyes). I have no beef with someone who is a little over weight, **** happens, everyone at some point will probably get 20lbs or so over weight, but its those that refuse to do anything about, act like its not their fault and and say that they have a disease that I cant stand. Last edited by snakebyte05 : 06-13-2006 at 07:46 AM. | |
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| TCP™ Puttin' the P back in Pimp Board Moderator | I'm one of the eople who pay hundred(s) a month insurance and can barely afford to pay for my share of any exames. I just had to pay 300 bucks for an MRI. Health care sucks. A wise man said: Once you come ashore you will have a renewed appreciation for the simple things and find a joy that may have been missed, overlooked or otherwise unappreciated before. You will be a greater witness to those who will need you when they are a drift in that sea. "I don't need no one to tell me about heaven, I look at my daughter, and I believe." |
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