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To: CMS27 who wrote (169)	6/30/1998 11:18:00 AM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) of 13060

Obesity is a medical/geneology issue. It is not caused by eating butter. I used butter as a proxy for all the foods that are considered fattening. Check in with the people supporting a national health program. Ask them what they think of problem's such as obesity. They will quickly start discussing how bad diet causes obesity. They will also start talking about how such controlable addictions impose a tremendous cost on society. They will then make it clear than in exchange for providing the wonders of universal health coverage we have a responsibility to control the cost to society of such addictions. In extreme examples they will discuss the need to use governmental solutions to 'encourage' proper eating habits. Once you introduce the notion that the individual has a responsibility to society in such victimless addictions then you inevitability open the door for those who wish to control how other lead many aspects of their lives. Henry

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