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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (501154)8/4/2009 4:25:56 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (4) of 1576152
 
RW, how about we tax all fat people and use that to encourage people who go walking every day, courtesy of the Ministry of Walking?

We currently subsidize exercise and exercise training... in the schools. Unfortunately the cheapskates are putting an end to that as well. And our kids are getting fatter and fatter... I suppose you think that's good? Childhood diabetes is good?

But your false dilemma doesn't work. Autos and their use are one of the most regulated things in our country. When I was a kid they taxed us on horsepower... roughly a tax on gas mileage. Taxing a person on their body weight is an entirely different matter.
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