Alabama to impose a fat tax in 2010 do you think a fat tax is a good idea?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by cowsgonemadd3, Oct 12, 2008.

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    Alabama employers want to impose a 25 buck a month fat tax on the people they hire to pay for health care.
    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414861,00.html

    Do you think its a good idea to do this? Being overweight puts you at risk of a ton of medical issues which if too many get problems it causes health care to go up.
     
    cowsgonemadd3, Oct 12, 2008 IP
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    Freewebspace Notable Member

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    It's going to generate a big heated debate

    instead of putting a tax they should ask their employees to do exercises a and also they should implement community gyms..
     
    Freewebspace, Oct 12, 2008 IP
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    tigrrra Well-Known Member

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    im all for it i hate sitting next to someone overweight i mean its ok if you want to look like a pile of lard but take a shower i mean dang
     
    tigrrra, Oct 12, 2008 IP
  4. cowsgonemadd3

    cowsgonemadd3 Well-Known Member

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    Who says they don't take a shower if they are overweight?
     
    cowsgonemadd3, Oct 13, 2008 IP
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    tigrrra Well-Known Member

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    they do but due to the extra weight they swet a lot more and they smell 10 min after they took a shower.
     
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  6. GotWebHost

    GotWebHost Peon

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    In Alabama? They should tax by the pound. They could provide free medical to everyone if they did that.
     
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  7. cowsgonemadd3

    cowsgonemadd3 Well-Known Member

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    I live in SC and its bad here in a lot of the people. I don't see why people let themselves get to 400 pounds before they do something. Has anyone watched the biggest loser?
     
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    peter_anderson Notable Member

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    Why not just tax fat people out of existince? :D

    More food for all!
     
    peter_anderson, Oct 13, 2008 IP
  9. cowsgonemadd3

    cowsgonemadd3 Well-Known Member

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    No.....Anybody could get overweight. Some people do not burn as many calories as others without extra work and they gain weight even if they don't eat a lot.
     
    cowsgonemadd3, Oct 16, 2008 IP