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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: tonto who wrote (131402)4/30/2012 2:11:31 PM
From: longnshort1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 224843
 
"Cars burn nearly a billion gallons of gasoline more a year than they did in 1960,"

cars were all steel in the 60s with heavy bumpers. Cars must have weighed 500-2000 lbs more than todays, so what's 50 extra pounds on a person.

What costs us in medical costs is exercise, these people live into their 90s, with many many operations as their body breaks down. Knee replacements, hips, wrist injuries and on and on.

smokers drop dead in their 60s boom no medical costs
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