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To: RetiredNow who wrote (542367)	1/9/2010 12:23:06 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576739

>>>> So I don't mind if you eat yourself to death, as long as we've taxed the hell out of you to ensure my health insurance costs don't go up because of your bad choices. More government. That's the liberal, nanny-state solution to all problems.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (542367)	1/9/2010 12:27:42 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576739

people who eat 'bad' food die young and cost the systems less. People who eat healthy and live to 90 should be the ones we tax the hell out of, they cost the system way more. My mom 86 healthy eater and exerciser has had about 20 operations in the last 10 years, women stuff and the like, it has cost the people millions. People who jog and exercise need knee and hip replacements as they age, that costs a ton. I say if you exercise you should be tax 25% extra to pay for your long term health care

To: RetiredNow who wrote (542367)	1/9/2010 1:56:56 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576739

>Tax the vice and it provides plenty of incentives not to consume the vice. If the incentive not to consume doesn't work, then the tax revenue can work to defray the added societal costs that the vice imposes on the rest of us. At the same time, we have to work to make sure that healthier foods are easier to come by. Ever live in a neighborhood where the only place to buy groceries is a little bodega? Tens of millions of Americans do, and those places don't exactly traffic in health food. -Z