Tough love for fat people: Tax their food to pay for healthcare

[BethFromVA 5]

Back to the original post I think they should tax THIN people for not eating enough. Fat people create jobs and the concommitant tax payments (more people work and buy more stuff which makes more jobs).

:thumbup: that's my 2 cents, and yes my tongue (unchewed) is in my cheek.

That's REALLY not a bad idea! lol

[BeckyinTn 0]

Has anyone in the Congress or Senate read the Health Care bill? I doubt it. I don't know about y'all but I was taught from an early age not to sign anything unless I read the fine print.

I just have this feeling that once this is done and we the people find out about all of the "fine print" we are gonna be PO'd.

Oh it sounds nice! This redoing of the nations health care to make it more affordable and available to everyone..but a used car sales man can make a lemon sound like a Mercedes if you listen to him long enough.

Why is there such a hurry to do this? Why can't we fix the economy first and get people back to work and then tackle health care. Who's gonna pay for it if alot of us are out of work?

[BethFromVA 5]

Has anyone in the Congress or Senate read the Health Care bill? I doubt it. I don't know about y'all but I was taught from an early age not to sign anything unless I read the fine print.

I just have this feeling that once this is done and we the people find out about all of the "fine print" we are gonna be PO'd.

Oh it sounds nice! This redoing of the nations health care to make it more affordable and available to everyone..but a used car sales man can make a lemon sound like a Mercedes if you listen to him long enough.

Why is there such a hurry to do this? Why can't we fix the economy first and get people back to work and then tackle health care. Who's gonna pay for it if alot of us are out of work?

Excellent question.

Also, anybody who signs ANYthing that they haven't read has got to be the most stupid, ignorant moron that ever lived. To know that this now (or has) encompasses our elected "officials," many of whom are lawyers, is beyond stupidity.

It's nothing but fearmongering in order to start taking control of people's lives.

[pattygreen 5]

Has anyone in the Congress or Senate read the Health Care bill? I doubt it. I don't know about y'all but I was taught from an early age not to sign anything unless I read the fine print.

I just have this feeling that once this is done and we the people find out about all of the "fine print" we are gonna be PO'd.

Oh it sounds nice! This redoing of the nations health care to make it more affordable and available to everyone..but a used car sales man can make a lemon sound like a Mercedes if you listen to him long enough.

Why is there such a hurry to do this? Why can't we fix the economy first and get people back to work and then tackle health care. Who's gonna pay for it if alot of us are out of work?

The whole reason for this health care bill was to reform it because Obama says that there are 47 million people in this country without insurance. Let me explain where he gets the 47 million from: !8 million are those who can afford insurance, but don't choose to get it. 8.4 million are those between 18-25 years old who feel they are indestructable. 12.6 million are illegals. 9.4 million are in between jobs and only temporarily uninsured. 8 million are children that could be covered, but their parents have not signed them up. And 3.5 million are eligible for government health programs but haven't signed up for them. (These categories add up to more than 47 million, because some categories overlap each other). So,..... why do we need government health care?????? Because it's just another step closer to full control of the Powers that Be.

[plain 12]

Not completely snarky, let me see if I can make sense of it. California is not alone, it is one of at least 40 states (some believe it is more like 46) that are out of money (VA is on that list too BTW). Here is Google search http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4GGLJ_en&q=which+states+are+bankrupt on “which states are bankrupt”, you can see all the references yourself. It just so happens that CA is the biggest, our GSP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal) was $1.8T last year, that is about 25% larger than TX which was number 2 on list and about 75% percent larger than VA (number 11). A bigger budget equates to bigger problems in an economy like this. To say that CA is any more of a clusterf*ck than any other state is pretty narrow minded, it is simply larger form a dollar perspective than any other state.

The reason Texas is in such good fiscal shape: legally concealed handguns.

Back to the original post I think they should tax THIN people for not eating enough. Fat people create jobs and the concommitant tax payments (more people work and buy more stuff which makes more jobs).

:tt2: that's my 2 cents, and yes my tongue (unchewed) is in my cheek.

Dammit, I KNEW the monkey held some dangerous political views!!! Get out of this forum, ya pinko!! :laugh:

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Plain I am a rebel. It did occur that once I've lost weight I may need to change positions, but that is a political institution in our country...changing one's mind OVER AND OVER. :laugh:

[plain 12]

Plain I am a rebel. It did occur that once I've lost weight I may need to change positions, but that is a political institution in our country...changing one's mind OVER AND OVER. :laugh:

Monkey, just let me know when the anarchists are meeting. I'll be there.