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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: Lane3 who wrote (8246)8/13/2009 5:15:04 PM
From: TimF   of 42652
 
Some of the steps government (in this case mostly state or local government) took against smokers I opposed (and still do). I'd have even more problem with similar steps on the obesity front where it isn't a simple matter of pushing against tobacco but would require more complex intervention.

As for a statement that obesity kills, well I believe the government has stated at least that its harmful. But the "stop contributing to the problem" might be modestly fruitful (and I don't think any government action is likely to be very fruitful, but nibbling at the edges could help at the margin, and I'd be for reducing the interventions that probably contribute to obesity, even if it turns out they really don't, just on the ground of reducing government intervention.

I agree with inode its more an issue of the bully pulpit and public education (and even here I think there should be some limits, both from diminishing returns of bombarding us with the message, as well as the general annoyance)
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