Corona Virus #4

[Diggin It]

Overweight people better look out they could end up getting taxed by the pound...

ALL vehicles must stop at Weigh Stations, not just trucks?

 

[ovrszd]

The simple solution to making people live healthier and cut down on unhealthy habits...is to hit them in the pocket book...look at the trends in consumer spending...the cost of cable/sat TV has impelled millions to cut the cable etc...

Overweight people better look out they could end up getting taxed by the pound...

Yep. Some businesses and industries are already trying that approach by rewarding those with healthy habits in cheaper insurance rates.

If we use healthy standards and measures and put overweight people on the banned assistance list we'll eliminate a gigantic portion of society!!!

 

[Hay Dude]

The simple solution to making people live healthier and cut down on unhealthy habits...is to hit them in the pocket book...look at the trends in consumer spending...the cost of cable/sat TV has impelled millions to cut the cable etc...

Overweight people better look out they could end up getting taxed by the pound...

Agree with first part. The insurance business has been doing risk assessments on smokers and obesity for a while now. They pay higher premiums. They are in affect being "taxed" for their unhealthy lifestyles.
I believe it should go a step further and make smoking illegal.
The big tobacco lobbyists and their grip on some of our government leaders would of course oppose and put tremendous amounts of money on the line to block any such attempt.

 

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Not implying anyone would be banned etc...just overweight people should just have to pay more than someone not overweight...likewise with smokers, drinkers etc...

 

[Peter 315]

Agree with first part. The insurance business has been doing risk assessments on smokers and obesity for a while now. They pay higher premiums. They are in affect being "taxed" for their unhealthy lifestyles.
I believe it should go a step further and make smoking illegal.
The big tobacco lobbyists and their grip on some of our government leaders would of course oppose and put tremendous amounts of money on the line to block any such attempt.

Guns, Alcohol , Smoking , Casinos , Sports Betting , Get rid of it all....

 

[Hay Dude]

Not implying anyone would be banned etc...just overweight people should just have to pay more than someone not overweight...likewise with smokers, drinkers etc...

It would be a step in the right direction for sure, since lobbyists and a decent amount of voters would ensure outright banning is not likely

 

[TnAndy]

I must be old because we do it all the time. I'm the guy with the Sauerkraut thread but we preserve lots of foodstuffs, including meat and not by freezing it all either. Our root cellar is still pretty full of potatoes, onions, carrots, meat in crocks, canned sauerkraut, canned beets, canned tomatoes and spaghetti sauce (wife makes a killer sauce), canned pickles, sweet and dill. We layer carrots in hampers full of sand, they last at least a year that way. We have dried apples and fresh but frozen apple cider in the freezer along with frozen chickens, Elk, deer and bear plus frozen vegetables too.

Only thing we really need is TP......

If push came to shove, I could always kill a steer and butcher that. I cut my own meat anyway. We have well water so no city water to worry about and a back up diesel gen set for electricity if needed.... and yes, we have oil lamps and they are full too. One never knows out here in rural American what you will need to survive.

Sure am glad I'm not an urban rat.

I understand.....
We kill and process our own beef and pork here at home. Here 3 hogs hanging in our homemade walk-in cooler one year.

One of our pantries:

Root cellar:

 

[ovrszd]

Not implying anyone would be banned etc...just overweight people should just have to pay more than someone not overweight...likewise with smokers, drinkers etc...

At the Drs Office, Hospital, Prescription Drug Counter, etc.??

 

[Hay Dude]

Guns, Alcohol , Smoking , Casinos , Sports Betting , Get rid of it all....

you had me on everything but guns :laughing:

 

[Big Barn]

Not implying anyone would be banned etc...just overweight people should just have to pay more than someone not overweight...likewise with smokers, drinkers etc...

Off topic but I always maintained that airline fare should be based and charged only on gross weight of passenger and their luggage. What could be fairer than that??