Fat Tax (6 Viewers)

[Planck]

Taxation is just legitimised theft, we all know this.

 

[Slidey]

Jews did 9/11, we all know this.

 

[darkcounty]

Only fat people in households with an income over say, $30 000 should be taxed. They are the only people who can afford fruit and vege every week.

 

[SylviaB]

Lies make baby Jesus cry.

fuckin downie cunt

 

[Lentern]

fuckin downie cunt

yea yeah fuckity fuck fuck fuck, say something different once in a while.

 

[bio_nut]

I dont believe we should charge people money for their lifestyle choices. Its their choice to be obese. If we do this we might as well charge people for being homosexual or of a specific religion.

Homosexuality is not a lifestyle choice, you fucktard.

 

[Name_Taken]

Only fat people in households with an income over say, $30 000 should be taxed. They are the only people who can afford fruit and vege every week.

Yea but some families might still be struggling under debt or other costs, like paying for children's education or medical bills for a sick family member who underwent surgery or w/e.

 

[Zaza101]

Pro:
-Fat peoplewould be encouraged to exercise/stay skinny, this would mean a helthier and happier australia

Con:
-it doesnt seem fair

 

[Fish Tank]

Put it this way... fat tax: "let the government control what we eat". Plus, some people require more energy than others. Having a general tax on a particular type of food may help some but disadvantage others. It would be better to have personalised diets instead of a state-regulated one-size-fits-all set of meals (admittedly this is quite an extreme view of it).

If something has to be done, better method would be to grant a small subsidy for healthy foods.

 

[Name_Taken]

If something has to be done, better method would be to grant a small subsidy for healthy foods.

If you're going down that route might a better strategy be to place a little bit of excise on foods that are really bad for you, sort of like how the government taxes smoking and alcohol (though definately not to that extent).

 

[pman]

Pro:
-Fat peoplewould be encouraged to exercise/stay skinny, this would mean a helthier and happier australia

Con:
-it doesnt seem fair

It doesn't seem fair that my taxes pay for their increased healthcare requirements or for their lapband surgery

 

[Slidey]

It doesn't seem fair that my taxes pay for their increased healthcare requirements or for their lapband surgery

lol

 

[vikraman]

Have a tax on high body fat percentage? say 1000$ for every percent above 23 for women and 21 for men? and everybody's health insurance requires them to go for a medical test once a year, so your body fat percentage could be measured then?

though then again people will just exercise for 3 months leading to the test and grow fat after and then exercise again 3 months before the next test.. well at least we'll be healthy for 3 months in a year as opposed to no months.

 

[BlackDragon]

Have a tax on high body fat percentage? say 1000$ for every percent above 23 for women and 21 for men? and everybody's health insurance requires them to go for a medical test once a year, so your body fat percentage could be measured then?

though then again people will just exercise for 3 months leading to the test and grow fat after and then exercise again 3 months before the next test.. well at least we'll be healthy for 3 months in a year as opposed to no months.

That's not really a very good idea. This isn't 1984, the book. We don't want eugenics and control of peoples' bodies.