C
Cancel4
Guest
If you're not fat, why oppose a fat tax?
Fat Tax
- Thread starter meme
- Start date
C
Cancel4
Guest
So no taxes are necessary?
uscitizen
Villified User
meme
New member
why not just tell them they can't fly at all...wouldn't you all love that better..they are too fat and don't deserve to fly..
C
Cancel4
Guest
I guess asking the rest of us to pay a little so poor people can have health care is bad, but asking obese people to pay for the increased costs of keeping them alive is bad.
uscitizen
Villified User
air freight is charged by the pound.
Besides I hate sitting beside them and having them oooze over onto me and my seat.
uscitizen
Villified User
If smokers pay more for health and life insurance then so should the obese.
meme
New member
that's a matter for the person and their insurance company, not for a Federal Government to tell people..
C
Cancel4
Guest
According to mememe! only the poor deserve to suffer any consequences for the condition they're in.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
SmarterthanYou
rebel
realistically, what should be happening is that less wealthy people should realize that they can control their own lifestyles and make healthier choices, saving their own money. Let the rich people live wild and unhealthy lifestyles so they can spend all their money on artificial medical crap.
C
Cancel4
Guest
All over this country, families struggle with rising health costs that threaten their financial stability, while businesses find that they cannot hire more workers and expand because they are weighted down by the high cost of healthcare.
We pay 50 percent more for healthcare than the next most expensive country, though our outcomes are not necessarily better.
We spend one of every six dollars in this country on healthcare.
If we do nothing, in 30 years, one-third of our economic output will be tied up in the healthcare system.
As the president has said, the status quo is simply unacceptable. The American people have waited decades for reform, and we owe it to them to act.
We cannot wait any longer.
The statistics tell the story. Our nation spends $7,421 per person on healthcare, but nearly 46 million Americans are uninsured.
Millions of Americans have insurance, but it doesn’t give them the coverage they need.
The number of families deemed underinsured has risen 60 percent in the last five years and more than half of all Americans, both insured and uninsured, cut back on healthcare due to skyrocketing costs.
The average employer-based family insurance policy costs $12,680 a year.
If you worked for minimum wage, you could spend virtually your entire salary on healthcare alone. Costs have gotten so high that nationwide, we spend more money on healthcare than we do on food.
Today, there are people who say we need to defer healthcare reform because we cannot afford to fix our healthcare system. What these people fail to acknowledge is that the skyrocketing cost of healthcare is one of the greatest threats there is to America’s fiscal health.
That is why we cannot delay any longer. Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative; it is a fiscal imperative. If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy, then we must address the crushing cost of healthcare this year.
President Obama is working for reform that will reduce healthcare costs, protect a patient’s choice of doctor and insurance plan and assure quality affordable healthcare for all Americans. He believes that we must build on what works in our current system and fix what’s broken.
That means ensuring Americans who like the care they have can keep it, while ending the barriers that often prevent Americans with pre-existing conditions from getting the care they need.
It also means creating a new health insurance exchange will give Americans the chance to compare the benefits offered and the cost of insurance plans. And when Americans are shopping in that exchange, they should have the choice of selecting a public health insurance option.
A public health insurance option will keep insurance companies honest and help encourage competition that will bring down the cost of care for all of us.
We can achieve these goals without adding to our budget deficit. The president has proposed $950 billion in savings and revenue to finance health reform, and he will continue to work with Congress to ensure reform is deficit-neutral.
Today, we are closer to reform than ever before. Legislation that reflects the President’s principles is emerging from the three committees that have been working together in the House and from the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee. The Senate Finance Committee is working hard on a bill and making progress.
Now it’s up to us to seize this incredible opportunity. After decades of trying to reform our health care system, we can improve health care for all Americans and make reform a reality.
We pay 50 percent more for healthcare than the next most expensive country, though our outcomes are not necessarily better.
We spend one of every six dollars in this country on healthcare.
If we do nothing, in 30 years, one-third of our economic output will be tied up in the healthcare system.
As the president has said, the status quo is simply unacceptable. The American people have waited decades for reform, and we owe it to them to act.
We cannot wait any longer.
The statistics tell the story. Our nation spends $7,421 per person on healthcare, but nearly 46 million Americans are uninsured.
Millions of Americans have insurance, but it doesn’t give them the coverage they need.
The number of families deemed underinsured has risen 60 percent in the last five years and more than half of all Americans, both insured and uninsured, cut back on healthcare due to skyrocketing costs.
The average employer-based family insurance policy costs $12,680 a year.
If you worked for minimum wage, you could spend virtually your entire salary on healthcare alone. Costs have gotten so high that nationwide, we spend more money on healthcare than we do on food.
Today, there are people who say we need to defer healthcare reform because we cannot afford to fix our healthcare system. What these people fail to acknowledge is that the skyrocketing cost of healthcare is one of the greatest threats there is to America’s fiscal health.
That is why we cannot delay any longer. Health care reform is no longer just a moral imperative; it is a fiscal imperative. If we want to create jobs and rebuild our economy, then we must address the crushing cost of healthcare this year.
President Obama is working for reform that will reduce healthcare costs, protect a patient’s choice of doctor and insurance plan and assure quality affordable healthcare for all Americans. He believes that we must build on what works in our current system and fix what’s broken.
That means ensuring Americans who like the care they have can keep it, while ending the barriers that often prevent Americans with pre-existing conditions from getting the care they need.
It also means creating a new health insurance exchange will give Americans the chance to compare the benefits offered and the cost of insurance plans. And when Americans are shopping in that exchange, they should have the choice of selecting a public health insurance option.
A public health insurance option will keep insurance companies honest and help encourage competition that will bring down the cost of care for all of us.
We can achieve these goals without adding to our budget deficit. The president has proposed $950 billion in savings and revenue to finance health reform, and he will continue to work with Congress to ensure reform is deficit-neutral.
Today, we are closer to reform than ever before. Legislation that reflects the President’s principles is emerging from the three committees that have been working together in the House and from the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee. The Senate Finance Committee is working hard on a bill and making progress.
Now it’s up to us to seize this incredible opportunity. After decades of trying to reform our health care system, we can improve health care for all Americans and make reform a reality.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
FUCK THE POLICE
911 EVERY DAY
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
C
Cancel5
Guest
My sister exercises, eats mostly vegetarian, weighs 127 on her 5'8" frame and has high cholesterol, but most Americans do eat a lot of garbage!
C
Cancel5
Guest
I still believe Jefferson, you can't legislate morality and you can't tax personal choices, vices, whatever.