Hell no!
I can eat anything and as much as I want and don’t get fat!
Don’t tax me for being healthy!
Ridiculous. This nanny state political correctness crap must stop NOW. Let’s all help to bring an end to it once and for all!
First they came for the smoker’s money....but I was not a smoker...
Outrageous.
Freedom and Liberty are have become merely names for hippie’s kids.
How about a moron tax instead? Good grief. These statists have too much free time on their hands.
How about a male homosexual behavior tax?
That behavior costs the medical system more per individual than being fat.
If the fat tax only applies to fat liberals I am OK with it.
Michael Moore can pay my share.
Will they also phase in a special tax for those practicing alternative lifestyles and far more prone to HIV, Hepatitis.......?
If the government/insurance is in the business of choosing the “best” way of behaving and taxing people according to the risk they pose shouldn't gays also be taxed?
Didn't think so......... Inconsistent liars that are simply looking for control/power and money. The rest is justifications based on contemporary trends in societies perceptions of certain behaviors i.e. society is willing to accept these taxes or restrictions on a specific group etc.
Let me put this as clearly as is possible: they can f*** off and die. This is no different than taxing tea was to the colonies. Anyone who would roll over for anymore of this tyranny should also reference the statement above. The taxes on everything else that have been imposed over the years should be rolled back. In the Omaha area the democrat mayor is going for a tax on toilet paper because one of his other tax schemes was outlawed by the state legislature. They want to tax your intake and your exaust ports, they want to tax carbon dioxide emissions so they will cover breathing as well. They tax you for living and they tax you for dying. This has gone far enough. The democrat party has made itself king on the model of George III and we are becoming their tax slaves. We fought wars against the king and against slavery but obviously the job was not finished in either case.
FUBO & FAD
First of all, the government has no business being involved, so I hope it is never posed as a tax.
Free market insurers should be free to charge people more or less in accordance with actuarial tables for health insurance that show more or less risk for people who are:
fat,
ugly,
redheaded,
stupid,
tall,
Norwegian,
Portuguese,
Asian,
African,
homosexual,
chess-playing,
motorcylce-riiding,
gun-owning,
sky-diving,
catholic,
etc.
sure, and why not a genetics tax, and a stupid tax, and an liable to accidents tax, and a dangerous occupation tax,....
How about a sex tax instead? Tax all sex outside of marriage.
After all, sex can be a very unhealthy activity and can also lead to bastard children who have to be carried by the taxpayer.
this idea’s only redeeming value is that it would take Michael Moore straight to the poorhouse...
Suuuure......legislate on everything ... the minutiae of life are what the Framers intended Congress to get around to eventually ..... ration food and water ... legislate proper breathing, with appropriate federal prison terms for improper breathing.
The spirit of totalitarianism breathes free at the L.A. Times.
I first glanced quickly at the headline, and saw the words “FLAT TAX” and LA TIMES, and I thought hell had finally frozen over.
Well, we already have high cigarette taxes and the like.
I am convinced that man is utterly incapable of ruling himself, he’ll be ruled by the sword until the Lord returns. Only a perfect King can rule.
We need to pass a stupid tax first. That alone would likely single-handedly wipeout the federal deficit and put this country in a surplus situation.
Sure, there should be a fat tax. Also, a don’t-wash-your-hands tax, and the one I can’t wait to see, the “no illicit sex” tax.
Anyone having sex with anyone or anything that is not their one lifetime hetero partner is at grave risk of sexual disease.
Also the no-high-risk behavior tax (pilots, scuba divers, race car enthusiasts), and the no-recreational-drugs tax.
I want a tax on those who don’t sleep at least eight hours a night, and a tax on those with stair in their homes.
Also a tax on anyone with a pet.
Those who shower less than every other day need a tax. Also those who skip their vitamins.
I need a tax on those who don’t laugh very often. Also, a tax on worry.