Topic: Why are fat people fat?

With national heathcare now also in the USA, im wondering how you people feel about the gouverment regulation the lifestyle of people.

Heavy drinkers. heavy smokers, obese people.

These are people with high risk of medical requirements.

Should they have higher tax or should all be seen as the same

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

They should lose weight building air cannon and thermite bombs and taking out the U.S. Capitol.

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Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

Re: Why are fat people fat?

Well ilu, we can put taxes on alchohol, tobacco and luxurius food, however taxing normal food can be seen as very antisocial.

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

with healthcare nationalized, i think people should have to go through a yearly check up to see what kind of shape they're in. then give everyone an id card that is swiped at the beginning of a monetary transaction similar to a debit or credit card that applies the required tax to them. someone who is obsurdly out of shape would then pay an increased tax on food items, soft drinks, etc. and other things that go toward their nastiness.

personally, i feel like tobacco products should be taxed twice as much as they are now, especially with the healthcare plan. im not payin for your aunt jane to suffer from lung cancer that she got from smoking.

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

if your cholesterol is too high, you gotta go to Afghanistan

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

6 (edited by Acolyte 06-Apr-2010 20:12:00)

Re: Why are fat people fat?

I agree with everything in this thread.

Stupid people should pay more in tuition, too, and before the awarding of any scholarship an IQ test shall be rendered mandatory to make sure you're smart enough not to squander the opportunity.

Unsafe drivers should be charged higher registration and tag renewal fees because they are annoying and increase my rage making me likely to cause an accident, and then everyone involved should pay /me/ for my mental distress.

Speaking of fat people, I propose we charge them extra on airlines, because you fatasses force me to increase my fuel reserves due to the higher thrust settings necessary to counteract the drag of your fat, disgusting body. This also costs other passengers in the form of longer delays, not just in the air but on the ground as well. The aircraft spends more time in turnover to wait for the extra fuel; and it increases the amount of time it takes for the aircraft to reach rotation speed, which means I use more runway to takeoff, as well as using more runway to slow down upon landing.

And finally, fat people are just grotesque to look at, so they should be charged an ugly tax for the pain and suffering they inflict upon my eyeballs.

Seriously.

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

+1

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

i say we turn the USA into Angola before we tolerate this crap. Seriously

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

Re: Why are fat people fat?

The essential point is that all Americans should be treated equally. Everyone should be subject to the same tax levels, regardless of their health status, their propensity to smoke or drink, or whether they are overweight.
However, it is also fair to say that acidic drinks (i.e. fizzy carbonated soft drinks), tobacco products, crisps (chips), chips (fries), burgers, and alcohol (etc) should be subject to "luxury" taxes to increase their price - and, hopefully, decrease their (ab)use.

The government can use this money in three ways:
- add it to the general federal tax dollar
- use it to pay for healthcare in cardiac and oncology etc
- Subsidise recreational facilities (swimming pools, gyms, cycle tracks, etc)

I would favour 3

Re: Why are fat people fat?

Acolyte your post was awful, not only for your content but the way you personally feel about fat people. When I watch a movie I'd rather watch a sexy girl then oprah bu I still think chris farley is hilarious and laughed my ass off when he danced in a speedo with that one buddy on SNL. I'm sure your a hella lot less healthy then some obese people also, crwckhead are skinny

as for scholarships, you serious about an iq test? If four or five years of hoghschool is not enough to decide if someone is smart but an iq test, done is a day, can tell if someone is smart should we not scrap education and save millions? Like come on get seious man. How you perform in school does not neccesarily have direct correlation to how intelligent you are.

Ya I'm sure them fat asses sitting on your plane ia costing your airline tons compared to the average. Bet the 10 dollars they spend on peanuts that flight outweighs their cost..

Unsafe drivers do pay more also, it's called insurance idiot. I wouldn't suggest you get
life insurance. And if you do get in an accident that's nor your fault you probably can sue for mental distress or something to remedy

11 (edited by ..Nemeara.. 06-Apr-2010 21:35:51)

Re: Why are fat people fat?

while we re at it, lets have blondes pay higher taxes as well,; they get more fun, thus more chances of getting and spreading diseases, thus costing society o_O
if you re not naturally lbonde, you can pay 75% of the taxrate, this cant be checked regularly of course, so it ll have to be translated to extra tax on blonde hairdye o_O

sheesh ilu, what do you think tongue?
i mean like seriously

till the end of time..

Re: Why are fat people fat?

@flipmode

Sarcasm is not your strong suit, is it?

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

Isn't being fat a cycle?

Saturated fats slow you down, so you can't sport much... so you won't bother... which makes you some more fat... which eventually kills you.

Food kills >=O

This forum is stupid.

Re: Why are fat people fat?

I missed your


"seriously"

so ya I didn't get it lol and felt like going on a rant my bad

15 (edited by Justinian I 06-Apr-2010 21:50:42)

Re: Why are fat people fat?

If you want to get rid of fat people, destroy the Athletics lobby. Then focus on food, and put regulations on nutritional content and how foods are synthesized. For example, ban the production and sale of items with high fructose syrup, and limit the content of sugar in foods. Problem solved.

Re: Why are fat people fat?

Except then you have a giant black market of people selling ding dongs (not metaphorical) to each other.

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

@flipmode

No hard feelings. It's difficult to tell about these things sometimes.

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

Text doesn't  convey sarcasm that well tongue

Doing anything to try to change people in the US should be viewed as unconstitutional. It was the freedoms Americans have and the capitalist drive that led to the state we are in now. It's up to the people to change not the government.

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

Unconstitutional under what grounds?

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

my idea wouldnt be trying to change people. with centralized healthcare the burden of the unhealthy ways heavier on the healthy then themselves because the healthy dont need medical attention. taxing things that lead to more unhealthy people would simply be making up for that a bit

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21 (edited by Gondor 06-Apr-2010 23:35:17)

Re: Why are fat people fat?

the right to bear arms... and legs... and ribs.... tongue

@Undeath: You're assuming every fat person is going to cost more money for people and fit people wont.

I'm not exactly a twig... or a couple of twigs... and i haven't had to go to the doctor in 5 years. One of the people i work with was a 4 time all conference lacrosse player (Ric Beardsly in case anyone knows him. He played for Syracuse and won 2 titles) who is in pretty good shape. He just had surgery because he blew his achilles out while running.

So far its +1 for me

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

The Constitution was made by men, and is therefore no more important than the importance you give it.

Re: Why are fat people fat?

We have tarrifs and tax on alcohol and tobacco, and those procedes go to health care already.  So in essence yah, the smokers and the drinkers are helping to pay for their own health care.  Do they need to be taxed more?  Not really, any time you purchase beer or a pack of cigs your helping pay for local health care taxes tongue

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Re: Why are fat people fat?

I say we apply the lesson of Guadacanal 1942:

you don't need flares

fire into the screaming

The core joke of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is that of course no civilization would develop personal computers with instant remote database recovery, and then waste this technology to find good drinks.
Steve Jobs has ruined this joke.

Re: Why are fat people fat?

Where's flint?