Fat Tax

[Gallowmere]

Fat tax is bullocks, it is just another way for governments to steal money from people. If they really want to stop obesity they should mass breed hyenas and then release them around the towns of their countries so that the populace has to become swift and healthy in order to survive. Either that or governments could simply mind their own business and feed the starving rather than concern themselves with the weight and appearence of the well off. Personally i think both of my ideas have merit, the idea of a fat tax is pure bullocks however.

The only issue with this is that in most countries that do not qualify as third world, it's not the well off who are blimps. The US is a prime example. I couldn't help but laugh one day when I stumbled across an article with the headline 'Mother and Three Children Live On $150 A Month in Foodstamps'...and they were all morbidly obese. Imagine that. Just further proof that the 'poor' aren't exactly starving here, for the most part. There are of course exceptions.

I would agree with you Bishop, provided people actually had a tendency to do what was best for them. I think my new favorite website is You're Fat Because You're Stupid. Makes some very significant points, in a very not so nice way. It's designed to be crass, but it makes a strong case against all of the arguments that the obese tend to use.