Should there be special taxes on "fat people" food?

[FelixDeCat]

While it has been long debated, I have yet to see action. I think we need an extra .50 tax on value meals, a .25 tax on each can of soda, .50 tax on a box of doughnuts and a .25 tax per bag on potato chips.

I went to WalMart to save money on the juice drinks I like to buy and I couldnt help but notice most people were overweight and out of shape. That included the 5 kids in tow for some. All moving slowly, feet draging, breathing heavy, etc. It was sad.

These taxes will save lives. Why havent we passed them yet?

 

[Vic]

Of course not.

And these taxes have nothing do with saving lives. The reason you hate fat people is because you hate the part of yourself that would willingly go down that path if you let it, and reminders of that generate resentment from you.

A better solution would be to stop going to Wal-Mart.

 

[JS80]

I'd rather tax fat people directly

 

[Chronoshock]

If they pass that tax, law abiding citizens will be forced to get cheap fattening foods in a back alley by some unlicensed food professional. Think of the children!

 

[Dirigible]

Juice drinks are fat people food. Skinny people drink water.

Fatty.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: JS80
I'd rather tax fat people directly

While that would make the most sense, I dont think its consitutional.

 

[nakedfrog]

Makes as much sense as extra taxes on cigarettes and alcohol.
So, no.

 

[Savij]

I've been working on gaining weight (to get to the recommended weight for my height and frame) and I have to pay more because fat fuckers can't stop eating even when they know they're obese? Thanks, fat people!

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: JS80
I'd rather tax fat people directly

While that would make the most sense, I dont think its consitutional.

I don't think your suggestion is either.

 

[deftron]

No, skinny people eat that stuff too. They just don't eat so much that they blow up to whale size.

In my opinion, the best way is to socially stigmatize it. Like how smoking has become. Practically banned from any public place.

There needs to be "no fattie zones" established, like at bars and restaurants to improve the surrounding aesthetics and on trains and planes to give
reasonably sized people some breathing room when they sit down.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Vic
Of course not.

And these taxes have nothing do with saving lives. The reason you hate fat people is because you hate the part of yourself that would willingly go down that path if you let it, and reminders of that generate resentment from you.

A better solution would be to stop going to Wal-Mart.

Hate? How is caring for people by taxing the food that causes their obesity hate? Please explain.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Dirigible
Juice drinks are fat people food. Skinny people drink water.

Fatty.

Sshh... we don't point out the OP's hypocrisy here.

 

[MustISO]

Anything that leads to poor health should be taxed since those costs are passed on to everyone. Take all those taxes and put them into education and health care.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: Vic
Of course not.

And these taxes have nothing do with saving lives. The reason you hate fat people is because you hate the part of yourself that would willingly go down that path if you let it, and reminders of that generate resentment from you.

A better solution would be to stop going to Wal-Mart.

Hate? How is caring for people by taxing the food that causes their obesity hate? Please explain.

Because caring for people aka 'love' involves the willingness to allow other people the freedom to live their own lives as they see fit, even (especially) if you happen to disapprove.

 

[Dirigible]

On a serious note, trying to shape behavior by making the tax code a muddled mess is completely stupid and the government should stop doing it.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: MustISO
Anything that leads to poor health should be taxed since those costs are passed on to everyone. Take all those taxes and put them into education and health care.

'Anything' is a slippery slope we don't want to go down. For example, old age leads to poor health too. What's your solution there?

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Dirigible
On a serious note, trying to shape behavior by making the tax code a muddled mess is completely stupid and the government should stop doing it.

Worse than a muddled mess, it creates and encourages corruption.

 

[Vic]

WTF is with all these time warps?

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Dirigible
On a serious note, trying to shape behavior by making the tax code a muddled mess is completely stupid and the government should stop doing it.

Worse than a muddled mess, it creates and encourages corruption.

Yup. That's one of the many many reasons it's completely stupid.

 

[lxskllr]

I'll say this... As long as there's egregious taxes on tobacco, then yes, the government should tax fatty/high calorie foods. The government needs to get out of the social engineering game and do it's job(which is almost nothing).

 

[nageov3t]

they're intrinsically paying more because they're eating more. the price obviously isn't a mitigating factor, take a look at obesity rates in different sections of the US compared to income rates.

 

[CRXican]

you can't tax food that us skinny folk eat on occasion

you need to weigh them and add it to their federal tax return

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: CRXican
you can't tax food that us skinny folk eat on occasion

Of course you can. I smoke about 1 cigarette per week, and I pay the same taxes as a 2 pack a day smoker.

 

[gooseman]

I think we should tax people like the op that make retarded statements about taxing people.

 

[episodic]

more taxes on tasty kung po chicken?