Fat tax-should fat people be taxed?

[lexylimi]

should fat people be taxed more than thin people?

they can measure your fat as a percentage of body mass and if you are too high, you get taxed MORE!!!

yes/no? why? discuss....

[Ziegeman]

Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed.

[Sekhem]

taxes are bullshit but the less i have to pay the better i suppose

i say go for it

[Otto]

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed..

..for making plane luggage limited so much.

[Sizzlebuzz]

Fat people eat more. They spend more money on food. They are also at higher risk for physical problems. Why should they be taxed more?

[Sekhem]

At 11/3/09 08:40 AM, Sizzlebuzz wrote: Fat people eat more. They spend more money on food. They are also at higher risk for physical problems. Why should they be taxed more?

so they have less money to gorge themselves on

[Ziegeman]

At 11/3/09 08:37 AM, Otto wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed..

..for making plane luggage limited so much.

Good point. I vote taxes.

[Conspiracy3]

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed.

It's a medical problem that they caused themselves.

Being fat is a choice.

[Sizzlebuzz]

At 11/3/09 08:41 AM, Sekhem wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:40 AM, Sizzlebuzz wrote: Fat people eat more. They spend more money on food. They are also at higher risk for physical problems. Why should they be taxed more?

so they have less money to gorge themselves on

I doubt that would stop them from doing so. Besides, if fat people were to be taxed, there would be huge fat people protests. It wouldn't be very pretty at all.

[OddlyPoetic]

No. No discrimination based on anything.

Same taxes for everyone

[Sekhem]

At 11/3/09 08:47 AM, Sizzlebuzz wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:41 AM, Sekhem wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:40 AM, Sizzlebuzz wrote: Fat people eat more. They spend more money on food. They are also at higher risk for physical problems. Why should they be taxed more?

so they have less money to gorge themselves on

I doubt that would stop them from doing so. Besides, if fat people were to be taxed, there would be huge fat people protests. It wouldn't be very pretty at all.

yeah it really wouldn't

think of all the traffic they would put to a halt

and with commerce down and the recession in effect

just think of all the fast food chains losing money

it's depressing

[GiantDouche]

That is the absolute stupidest thing I've ever heard.

[slayer1029]

Same way you get taxed for the size of your property, should apply to fat people. Being fat is a burden on society. Everybody elses taxes will have to pay for your health care when things go downhill, which its practically guaranteed they will. Fat people are slower and less productive. Motivate them to slim down.
Soon airplanes might start forcing fat people to buy two seats, to stop mentally scarring incidents of overflow from occurring with other passengers.
Go for it

[Gortag]

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed.

hey fatass eat a salad.being fat is not a medical problem.

[Ziegeman]

At 11/3/09 08:50 AM, Gortag wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed.

hey fatass eat a salad.being fat is not a medical problem.

It can be.

[OddlyPoetic]

At 11/3/09 08:50 AM, Gortag wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed.

hey fatass eat a salad.being fat is not a medical problem.

Yes it is. It's not healthy. A preventable condition but a condition none the less.
Anyway. I don't see how fat people are any more a burden then anyone else. Sure they eat more. But they also pay for everything they eat. So we have enough money to keep the cycle going.

[Conspiracy3]

If you live in a society with government sponsored health care, or a society that is likely to get government sponsored health care in the future, then you are going to have to pay shitloads of cash for medical care when the fat people have heart attacks/diabetes etc.

Also, the US is considering taxing sodas and fatty foods.

[Darth-Zanuha]

No. Why should people pay for what they are?

[Twilight]

At 11/3/09 08:52 AM, Ziegeman wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:50 AM, Gortag wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed.

hey fatass eat a salad.being fat is not a medical problem.

It can be.

Slow metabolisms is one.

Why don't we just put higher taxes on fast food? The fatties with medical problems are smart enough to avoid fast food because it's pretty obvious that most of them want to lose weight, and the fatties that just eat MickeyD's would be the ones paying.

[Mostasteless]

At 11/3/09 08:50 AM, GiantDouche wrote: That is the absolute stupidest thing I've ever heard.

i totally agree with you. i don't understand why people are actually taking the question seriously.

[dalmo]

At 11/3/09 08:49 AM, OddlyPoetic wrote: No. No discrimination based on anything.

Same taxes for everyone

Then I hope you adamantly support a flat tax rate for everyone of all income levels. Instead of how the current system is where the rich pay the Highest Percentage of taxes while the bottom 40% of the population pay less than 3%.

[wildface098]

At 11/3/09 08:44 AM, Ziegeman wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:37 AM, Otto wrote:

At 11/3/09 08:35 AM, Ziegeman wrote: Because a person with a medical problem needs to be taxed..

..for making plane luggage limited so much.

Good point. I vote taxes.

the Fatsos deserve to be taxed for what they do to themselves!!!

[Tateos]

You are probably a sick, intolerable, soul-less bastard who needs to shut the fuck up right now.

Most people who end up fat are fat because they can't afford anything other than McDonalds.
So your either being stupid, or your just a jackass.

[Timmy]

I believe that fat people should pay more into their medical insurance, since they will suffer more health issues (and cost the insurance companies more, raising everyone's rates) than a fit person.

I don't see why they should pay more taxes, though - unless health insurance moves from privately-to-government run.

I know genetics predisposes certain people to be overweight, but a lot of people simply let themselves become morbidly obese not through anyone's fault but their own. And they should have to put more money towards the health consequences their lifestyle entails.

[ScytheCutter]

:It's a medical problem that they caused themselves.
Being fat is a choice.

What about those with thyroid disorder? Being fat there isn't a choice, it's a complication.
You argue that since they will eventually be a burden on a public health care system, they should be taxed to help counteract their affect on the system. Does this mean that those who suffer from disability should have a "disability tax" because complications from their disability burden the health care system?

How would this tax differentiate from those who are fat from sloth, fat from medical condition or environmental factor? Where does it stop? Should children be taxed because they're more prone to certain disease and would create a burden on the health care system?

tl;dr: He opens a can of worms of taxation without representation.

[IaReFrEaKeeee]

tax the food, not the people. that way, it wont be discrimination, but youre still charging the tax on the fat people who enjoy eating that stuffs!

[megakill]

if theres no biological reason for their obesity, and they simply just eat too much shit, then fuck yeah, tax the fat fucking messes, that'll teach em to aim for an early grave!

half of em dont even have the common decency to be fucking jolly!

[ScytheCutter]

At 11/3/09 01:47 PM, IaReFrEaKeeee wrote: tax the food, not the people. that way, it wont be discrimination, but youre still charging the tax on the fat people who enjoy eating that stuffs!

Well, no, then you're placing a direct tax on Everyone that is going to drive up the grocery bill for everyone.

[jakobhummelen]

Not taxes for fat people BUT taxes on FAT FOODS. That is the best solution, make healthy food more attractive.

[yurgenburgen]

No. People already pay enough tax on the stuff that we buy. Food, etc. If people are fat then they've already paid enough tax on the massive amounts of ice cream and crap they've shovelled into their mouths,