Originally posted by: biostud
Originally posted by: Amused
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The problem lies with your thinking only the government can fix the problem, and that the governemnt is the only answer to any problem.
Our society recently changed. High quality (read high calorie) food has become so cheap, even the poorest among us can afford to be obese. We also have changed our lifestyles and live, on average, fer more sedentary lives.
This has all happened within a single generation. Give society a chance to change rather than forcing them to do what you think is best.
Limiting freedom is NOT the answer. If it were, we'd all be living in rubber rooms.
I don't see changing taxation as limiting in freedom. The current way of collecting and spending tax could be considered just as limiting in freedom.
I would like to think that obesity in the western world would decrease, but I doubt it will in any near future and the consequences on human life and the cost in healthcare will continue to rise. I don't know how it is in US but in Denmark most of the obeisity is seen amongst the least educated, and these are least likely to be able to handle it themself. So I would like the governement to help these loose weight, you wouldn't.
So it's probably good we have our own countries and system to live in.