Arizona fat tax (1 Viewer)

[Phoenix Fury]

Arizona wants to tax fatties who don't actively try to lose weight $50 per year.

Now the state of Arizona is proposing a radical idea. It wants to impose a $50 annual fine for overweight Medicaid recipients who don't follow a strict health regime developed with their doctor. Those with children, and people overweight due to a medical condition, would be exempt.
Smokers and diabetics who ignore their medical advice would also have to pay.
Monica Coury, assistant director at Arizona's Medicaid programme, says the aim is to change behaviour using a carrot and stick approach, in the same way that increasing cigarette taxes reduced smoking.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13397306

Overweight welfare claimants in the US state of Arizona face paying $50 (£31) fines if they don't follow a dietary regime laid down by their doctor. Is that fair?

 

[slyhunter]

inb4goodwin shitstorm

 

[powlmao]

umm yeah!

Serious you should only get wellfare for a short peroid just to help you out, not just to live off and big a waste of tax payers money!

 

[RANK 1]

they shud also have a 50-100 dollar reward if you lose like 20 kg

 

[powlmao]

they shud also have a 50-100 dollar reward if you lose like 20 kg

maybe not that would lead to a huge amount of fraud, and would be way to hard to monitor and finance

 

[cosmo kramer]

$100 for 20kg is fucking nothing it takes ages to lose 20kg and shitloads of hard work

 

[RANK 1]

ok well how about a medical check of your muscle to fat ratio and attribute some reward or penalty to the amount its decreased or increased

 

[stampede]

fat cunts should just lose weight its fucking sickening.

 

[Phoenix Fury]

fat cunts should just lose weight its fucking sickening.

must spread, but ye fat cunts are disgusting

 

[Blastus]

fucking huckabee

 

[Blastus]

Seriously though just get rid of welfare

 

[SylviaB]

cocnceal carry laws, and then fat tax

inconsistently freedom

though the fact they're receiving welfare mixes things up a bit I guess

 

[Cianyx]

Lol. People actually need monetary incentives for self-improvement

 

[Jimmy Recard]

if they're gunna recieve welfare (and they are for the near future atleast) then incentives that reduce their welfare load are pro-freedom

 

[Azure]

Lol. People actually need monetary incentives for self-improvement

My thoughts exactly. The severe health implications associated with obesity should be reason enough.

 

[cosmo kramer]

i dont know how this has anything to do with personal freedom

its completely voluntary and dependent upon you being a recipient of government medicare which you can presumably opt out of at any time

dont wanna pay the fines fat boy well get off the government teat

 

[Jimmy Recard]

boom

 

[Ivorytw]

What if we're fat and fully functional?

 

[Lolsmith]

i dont know how this has anything to do with personal freedom

its completely voluntary and dependent upon you being a recipient of government medicare which you can presumably opt out of at any time

dont wanna pay the fines fat boy well get off the government teat

^

Not forcing you to do shit son

 

[cosmo kramer]

ebony steps out of her non school cave