{"id":427,"date":"2007-01-05T14:36:55","date_gmt":"2007-01-05T21:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/05\/the-fat-tax\/"},"modified":"2007-01-05T14:36:55","modified_gmt":"2007-01-05T21:36:55","slug":"the-fat-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gubatron.com\/blog\/the-fat-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fat Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think the only way to end with the Fat people in america is to call for a Fat Tax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

My initial proposal would be to tax per every pound extra, per month, there should be standards defined based on your age and size.<\/p>\n

Say something like one dolar per extra pound a month would do the trick. Millions of dollars could be used towards Health care and to those that declare themselves as hopelessly fat (which is bullcrap cause I saw that show called The Biggest Looser, and big whales ended up skinny with a lot of hard work) could get liposuctions and treatment from all that money.<\/p>\n

What do you say? How do we propose the Fat Tax? $1 per extra pound a month!<\/p>\n

Ha, I was doing a little research and it seems I’m not so crazy:<\/p>\n

Should we tax the fatties?<\/a><\/p>\n

Forbes Magazine – The Fat Tax: A Controversial Tool in War Against Obesit<\/a><\/p>\n

WHO Wants a Fat Tax?<\/a><\/p>\n

Fat Tax on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

It seems there would be other benefits like better distribution of food, imagine all the food that could be used for the hungry.<\/p>\n

So I think I’m not so crazy then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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