Tell me Veeky Forums, we all agree that this is a national epidemic not only directly effecting lardos by killing them but also indirectly effecting everyone else by straining the healthcare system and causing costs to skyrocket. Why shouldnt america attack obesity the same way it attacked cigarettes with amazing results?
The trouble is we cant just outright sin tax it like other shit. You can sin tax alcohol because statistically drinking increases your likelyhood to commit violent crime, we can sin tax cigarettes because it stastically increases chance of medical problems.
With fat, someone buying a 24 pack of coke could be buying it for themselves, or could be buying it for a party and is calorie counting properly. You cant sin tax food in good conscience because you cant prove it doesnt fit their macros.
Jason Hernandez
>taxing >in good concience HUEHUE
Gavin Hall
Thats the equivalent of saying you cant tax alcohol because he might be drinking moderately. There is concrete evidence that calorically dense foods lead to obesity. This has nothing to do with the skinny guy who indulges in the occassional slice of cheesecake. The impact on him would be minimal compared to someone who eats fast food 10 times a week. And taxes are just one method of attack. The war on cigerettes also focused on public awareness and marketing. Especially how it was marketed to children. Imagine if malboro had a funny clown as a mascot and gave away a free toy with every pack
Ryder Rivera
>obligatory all taxes are bad post Thanks. Glad to get that out of the way early so we can have real discussion
Leo Powell
Yeah but people clearly dont beloeve science anymore given the amount of body positivity blogs.
I'd attack peoples wallets. Thats where theyd hurt. Simple system. Once a year you must take a bf% test to use public healthcare benefits. If its over a certain % for your age you are given less public assistance.
This isnt the place to debate whether healthcare should be socialised or if taxation is theft but the second it is socialised every tax payer automatically gets a say in what you do with your body and what you can consume.
Jeremiah Torres
i think reddit would be more up to your speed
Jordan Roberts
>This isnt the place to debate whether healthcare should be socialised or if taxation is theft but the second it is socialised every tax payer automatically gets a say in what you do with your body and what you can consume. yeah ok lets put a tax on deadlifting then because some retards will snap their shit
>when brainlets try to justify taxation just face it retards, its all just for gaining revenue, that doesnt make it evil but dont try to sugarcoat it
John Smith
>fatties telling other fatties they're beautiful
That's not winning that's living in Fatty Narnia
Hudson Allen
I never said it wasnt about revenue but they're also a good way to disincentivize behaviour that costs other taxpayers money.
Also sure we can discuss banning diddlies but at the end of the day a targeted tax against people with high bf% isnt the same as taxing all diddliers for the actions of a few back snappers.