If we taxed inactivity, only democrats would pay taxes.
I LIKE it.
Now that I will be paying for other people’s health care, I think I have a right to a say in how my money is spent. They’ve been doing it to me for a long time, taxing cigarettes...they cost “society”, right?
So, here are my ideas for starters:
People who are more than 20% overweight must get counseling (mandatory) and will receive an appropriate amount of time to get into shape.
People who are more than 40% overweight, or who don’t comply with the above, will be immediately brought into treatment centers and kept there until they return to an appropriate weight. There will be fines for taking too long to get back into shape.
I will make an exemption for pregnancy, so women will be permitted six months to return to their original weight. This is for their own good. Really.
800 numbers will be provided for “fat tips”. Obesity is costing society a lot of money, and everyone must help each other in this battle!
People in non-physically demanding jobs get out of shape and require extra medical care. Exercise will be mandatory for those people. Children need to get out of the house and play like they once did (but use sunscreen, please!). No more Xboxes, etc.
There is simply no good reason to drink. This causes a lot of harm to society besides the physical damage to human bodies. Therefore, hard liquor is right out. Wine will be very heavily taxed. Very few will be able to afford to get drunk. Maybe records will be kept, like those “boosters” that they sell at the gas station and the drug store.
All “junk foods” are immediately banned; this includes most packaged foods developed since 1955. This will have the additional benefit of considerable savings for families. If you can’t buy it, you can’t eat it!
People who don’t wear seat belts or don’t wear appropriate protective clothing on motorcycles will not be treated with any taxpayer money; if they don’t survive, they can be used for “parts” to help the rest of us. I feel the same way for people who do crazy stuff on ATV’s. Of course, with drinking essentially banned, that problem will probably be sharply reduced. Skydiving, cliff-climbing, and so on - you are on your own. Most of us don’t do this, and we don’t want to pay for your fun, while others need medical care for problems that they didn’t bring on themselves.
Criminals involved in shooting or injuries caused during a crime will be required to pay for all medical treatment for all of their victims. If they can’t cover this entirely, they will lose their subsidized medical care and will forfeit their corpse for parts after their death.
I think that the above is entirely reasonable, based upon recent court decisions.